384 Pages
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Routledge
384 Pages
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Routledge
384 Pages
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Routledge
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First published in 1928. 'Lescarbot was a man of lively wit, and a practical sagacity and breadth of view far in advance of his time.' Spectator 'This admirable edition reveals to be a lesser-known Montaigne, and Erondelle a second Florio' Daily News 'One must be singularly hard to entertain if Lescarbot fails' Birmingham Post Nova Francia is an account of the foundation of the first... Read more
I: Wherein are described the three late Voyages, Navigations, and Plantation of New France (otherwise called La Cadia) by Monsieur de Monts, Monsieur du Pont-gravé, and Monsieur de Poutrincourt; I: Chapter I Patent to M. de Monts; II: The Voyage; III: Leaving Port du Mouton; IV: River St. John: Isle Ste. Croix; V: The Island of Sainte-Croix; VI: Building at Isle Ste. Croix; VII: Discovery of New Lands; VIII: The Transfer to Port Royal; IX: De Poutrincourt's Third Voyage; X: Delayed at La Rochelle; XI: Departure from La Rochelle; XII: The Great Bank of Morues; XIII: Meeting with Du Pont; XIV: Departure from Sainte-Croix; XV: Dangers, Accidents, Perils; XVI: Winter at Port Royal; XVII: Arrival of Chevalier; XVIII: Departure from Port Royal; II: The Second Book of The History of Nova Francia; I: Of The Nativity of Man; II: Of the Imposition of Names; III: Of the Feeding of their Children; IV: Of Their Love Towards Their Children; V: Of Their Religion; VI: Of the Soothsayers and Masters of the Ceremonies among the Indians; VII: Of Their Language; VIII: Of the Use of Letters; IX: Of Their Clothing and Wearing of Their Hairs; X: Of the Form, Colour, Stature, and Activity of the Savages; And Incidentally of the Flies in Those Western Parts; And Why the Americans Be Not Black; Etc.; XI: Of the Paintings, Marks, Incisions, and Ornaments of Their Body; XII: Of Their Outward Ornaments of the Body, Bracelets, Carkanets, 110 Ear-Rings, etc.; XIII: Of Marriage; XIV: The “Tabagie”; XV: Of Their Dances and Songs; XVI: Of the Disposition of their Bodies, and of Their Physic and Chirurgy; XVII: The Exercises of the Men; XVIII: Of the Women's Exercises; XIX: Of their Civility; XX: Of the Virtues and Vices of the Savages; XXI: Of Their Hunting; XXII: Of Hawking; XXIII: Of Their Fishing; XXIV: Of the Quality of the Soil; XXV: Of Their War; XXVI: Of Their Funerals
Biography
Marc Lescarbot
