There had been a few men with colonial ambitions from France but they had all ended in failure. Champlain starts his colonial career as an observer ready to learn some lessons from his predecessors.
Sources:
Champlain's Dream by David Hacket Fischer
Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890 vol.1 by Bryan D. Palmer
Natives and Newcomers: Canada's "Heroic Age" Reconsidered by Bruce Trigger
The Beginnings of New France 1524-1663 by Marcel Trudel
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