After being missing for more than a decade — and believed to have been stolen — a centuries-old map that depicts 17th century Canada and New England has been returned to the Boston Public Library. The ...

A horseshoe crab. A lobster. A 6-month-old moose calf. A merganser. A bow and arrow. These were among the novelties that French explorer and mapmaker Samuel de Champlain brought back to France with ...

BOSTON (AP) — Boston Public Library has recovered a centuries-old map compiled by French explorer Samuel de Champlain that was believed stolen from there more than a decade ago. The library announced ...

BOSTON (AP) - A centuries-old map compiled by French explorer Samuel de Champlain and believed to be among dozens stolen more than a decade ago from the Boston Public Library has been recovered, ...

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Author/geographer Adam Shoalts delves into the history of Canada, and the fearlessness and ingenuity of its explorers. Perhaps none were as influential, and skilled at mapmaking, as Samuel de ...