Histoire de la Nouvelle France. Tome I.

Sub-Title

Histoire et Description Generale de la Nouvelle France avec le Journal Historique d'un Voyage fait par ordre du Roi dans l'Amerique Septentrionale. Par le P. de Charlevoix.

Date

1744

Publisher

[Ganeau, Veuve]

Place of Publication

Paris

Accession Number

T0019.1994.001.01-11

Condition

Good

Curatorial Notes

Charlevoix, a Jesuit, was sent by his order to Canada in 1705 and 1720 to report on the Jesuit missions in that country. His work includes detailed accounts of Indian tribes and settlements. This volume notes chronologocal events and a bibliography of New France (the first).

Exhibition History

1996 Sep - Mar 1998, So Much More than Just a Map

Notes

Includes 10 maps: "Carte de L ['] Isle de Montreal," "Carte du Fonds de la Baye de Hudson," "Carte de la Baye de Hudson," "Carte de la Partie Orientale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada," "Carte des Bays, Rades et Port de Plaisance dans l'Isle de Terre Neuve," "Carte de l'Isle de Terre-Neuve," "Carte de la Riviere de Richelieu et du Lac Champlain," "Carte des Costes de la Floride François," "Carte de L'Accadie," "Carte de Amerique Septentrionale."

Media Type

bound book

Size

10 x 8 (closed)

Storage

c06d04/vault