THE DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION OF AMERICA 27
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efore his death in 1635, Champlain made many exploringexpeditions far into the interior. One of his agents, JeanNicolet, went as far west as Wisconsin and made tradingagreements with the Indians of that region. The rich furtrade proved very attractive to the French, and the GreatLakes and the St. Lawrence River formed an excellenthighway for the exchange of goods with the natives. VocabularyExplain as fully as possible the meanings of the following :arbitrator exploit league parallels of latitudeaborigines Holy Sepulcher mutinied permanentdemarcation _ infidel navigation Venetian
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