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When Champlain set to sea to begin his exploration there were strategies for gathering data for maps. Measuring distance is a strategy of gathering data, the most common way to measure distance at the time was “from the speed of a ship under varying sailing conditions.” Page 5

The large 1612 map was meant to convey the portions of the New France he had explored and to serve as a chart for navigators with uncorrected compasses.