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God's Mercies - Rivalry, Betrayal, and the Dream of Discovery (Paperback)
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God's Mercies - Rivalry, Betrayal, and the Dream of Discovery (Paperback)
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From acclaimed author Douglas Hunter, a searing historical work
about death, deceit and dishonour, and the rivalry between Samuel
de Champlain and Henry Hudson-two of the greatest explorers of the
seventeenth century. Samuel de Champlain of France and Englishman
Henry Hudson were rival explorers in a race to describe and exploit
the northern half of North America and, not least, to find a
profitable passage to the Orient. The English had been trying to
find a way through the Arctic since the 1570s. For Hudson, the
dream of discovery proved fatal. A mutiny in the summer of 1611 saw
Hudson, his teenage son John, and seven other crew members cast
adrift in James Bay in an open boat. They were never heard from
again. In May 1613, Samuel de Champlain left the site of
present-day Montreal on a journey up the Ottawa River into
uncharted territory. Champlain had undertaken the expedition
because of extraordinary testimony from a young informant, Nicolas
de Vignau, who had spent 1611-12 with the Algonquin and returned to
France with an incredible story: He had visited the Northern Sea.
What's more, he had seen an English youth, the sole survivor of a
shipwreck, held captive by the Nebicerini people as a gift for
Champlain. To rescue both the English youth and his own career,
Champlain set out to collect him. God's Mercies has all the
elements of a great adventure mystery: a mutiny, a massacre, a
murder trial, signed confessions, and intrigue at the highest
levels of state. Truths would be revealed as lies, and lies would
turn out to be half-truths. "From the Hardcover edition."
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