Pierre Angibault (or Angibaut), known as Champ-DoréSee f.e. Léon Guérin, p. 269 (in the Chapter "Samuel Champlain") or Champdoré, was a ship's captain in the marine of New France. He was a member of the settlement in Acadia from 1604 to 1607, and he took part in all the voyages of exploration.Marcel Trudel, “ANGIBAULT, dit Champdoré, PIERRE,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed February 12, 2026, https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/angibault_pierre_1E.html. He made a voyage to the coast of Maine in 1608.cf. B. F. De Costa (1891)
Lescarbot praised him in a sonnet, insisting upon his skill as a captain:As cited in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Quand ta dextérité empêche d’abîmer La nef qui va sous toi du Ponant à l’Aurore ...
See also Champdoré Samuel de Champlain
References and notes
Bibliography B. F. De Costa: The voyage of Pierre Angibaut, known as Champdoré, captain in the marine of New France, made to the coast of Maine, 1608. J. Munsell's Sons D. Clapp and Son, printers, 1891 Léon Guérin: Les navigateurs français: Histoire des navigations, découvertes et colonisations françaises. Belin-Leprieur et Morizot, Paris 1847 Champlain, Works (H. P. Biggar), I, 363 et n., 378–87, 458, et passim. Lescarbot, Histoire de la Nouvelle-France (Tross), II, 434 f., et passim; III, 57
External links ANGIBAULT, dit Champdoré, PIERRE – Dictionary of Canadian Biography