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100 1 _aLescarbot, Marc,
_d1570-1641
245 1 0 _aHistoire de la Nouvelle-France :
_b(Version 1617)
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2007
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2007-08-08
508 _aProduced by Rénald Lévesque
520 _a"Histoire de la Nouvelle-France" by Marc Lescarbot is a historical account written in the early 17th century. The book explores the navigations, discoveries, and settlements made by the French in the West Indies and New France, reflecting on their fortunes and challenges over the last century. Lescarbot, an eyewitness to a portion of these events, aims to document the moral, natural, and geographic history of the provinces he describes, highlighting the significance of France’s colonial endeavors and the interactions with Indigenous peoples. The opening of the work presents a dedication to the King of France, Louis XIII, urging the monarchy to take more serious action regarding the colonization of lands in the New World. Lescarbot emphasizes the honor and duty of the French crown to not only expand their dominion but also to spread Christianity among the Indigenous populations. He invokes historical examples of past French navigators and expresses a call to action, highlighting the missed opportunities and urging for renewed efforts to establish fruitful colonies that would enhance both the Christian faith and French prestige. This sets the stage for the detailed recounting of voyages and settlements that would follow in the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aIndians of North America
653 _aNew France -- Discovery and exploration
653 _aAmerica -- Discovery and exploration -- French
653 _aAcadia
653 _aIndians of North America -- Nova Scotia
653 _aFlorida -- History -- Huguenot colony, 1562-1565
653 _aVillegaignon, Nicolas Durand de, 1510-1571?
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22268
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