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21 totalMARC LESCARBOT - HISTOIRE DE LA NOUVELLE-FRANCE
AU ROY - TRES-CHRÉTIEN - DE FRANCE ET DE - NAVARRE LOUYS - XIII
A MONSEIGNEUR MESSIRE - PIERRE JEANNIN Chevalier, Baron de Montjeu, Chagni, et Dracy, Conseiller du Roy en ses Conseils d'Estat, & Conterolleur general de ses Finances.
A LA FRANCE
SOMMAIRES - DES CHAPITRES - pour servir de Table des matieres contenües en cette Histoire. - LIVRE PREMIER
LIVRE DEUXIÈME
LIVRE TROISIÈME - Auquel sont décrits les voyages, navigations, & découvertes, des François dans les Golfes & grande riviere de Canada.
LIVRE QUATRIÈME - Auquel sont compris les voyages des Sieurs de Monts, & de Poutrincourt.
LIVRE CINQUIÈME - Contenant sommairement les navigations faites en la Nouvelle France depuis nôtre retour en l'an mil six cens sept jusques à hui.
LIVRE SIXIEME - Contenant les moeurs, coutumes, & façons de vivre des Indiens Occidentaux, de la Nouvelle-France, comparées à celles des anciens peuples de pardeça: & particulierement de ceux qui sont en méme parallele & degré.
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This early‑modern chronicle offers a sweeping overview of French voyages, discoveries, and settlements across the western seas, written from the perspective of a parliamentary lawyer who witnessed many of the events himself. It weaves political ambition, religious zeal, and the practical challenges of empire‑building into a narrative that feels both documentary and reflective, and it is supported by detailed tables, maps and figures that bring the distant lands to life.
The second part moves into vivid portraits of the first colonies in Canada, Brazil and Florida, describing the daily hardships, encounters with Indigenous peoples, and the persistent drive to spread Christianity. Enriched in its third edition with additional singular material, the work balances moral commentary with natural and geographical observations, making it a compelling listen for anyone curious about the earliest French attempts to shape a new world.
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Full title
Histoire de la Nouvelle-France (Version 1617) (Version 1617)
Language
fr
Duration
~25 hours (1487K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Rénald Lévesque
Release date
2007-08-08
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
About the author
Marc Lescarbot
1570–1641
Best known for chronicling early French North America, this lawyer-turned-writer left one of the most vivid accounts of Acadia in the early 1600s. His work also includes a lively pageant often remembered as one of the first theatrical performances in what is now Canada.
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