In contemporary academia, disasters are seen as the consequence of inappropriately managed risk. These risks are the product of a combination of both hazards and vulnerability. Hazards that strike in areas with low vulnerability will never become disasters, as is the case in uninhabited regions.
Samuel de Champlain (French: [samÉ¥Él dÉ ÊÉÌplÉÌ] born Samuel Champlain; on or before August 13, 1574 â December 25, 1635), The Father of New France, was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler.
The focus of New France was the St. Lawrence River Valley and adjacent areas. The Dutch and English settlements were clustered in southern New England and the Hudson Valley. The vast territory in between was largely controlled by groups of Indians, and was an area of rivalry between the French and British until the surrender of New France in 1760.