Medals Related to Navigation, France, Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, the Launch of the Champlain, 1932, a bronze medal by R. Delamarre, standing figure of Samuel de Champlain left, reverse liner left, de Champlain’s sailing boat in foreground, 68mm (cf. DW 24, 265). Edge marks, otherwise good very fine (£30-40)

Samuel de Champlain (1570-1635), the founder of Quebec, discoverer of the Ottawa River and the lake named after him, made his first voyage to North America in 1603