Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
History And General Description Of New France (Volume Vi)

History And General Description Of New France (Volume Vi)

F. X. de Charlevoix, P.

Paperback

Canadian HistoryNative American HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354486878
ISBN13: 9789354486876
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 18 2021
Pages: 268
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.61 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In Volume VI of P. F. X. de Charlevoix's landmark account, New France is seen not as a footnote, but as a living world of ambition, belief, and hard geography. A continent takes shape here. Follow the St Lawrence River colony as it is described with a traveller's eye and a historian's discipline, where policy, trade, and survival meet on the edge of empire. Part of a celebrated multi-volume history series, this is colonial Canada history rendered as a sober, vivid record: french colonial exploration set against shifting borders, fragile settlements, and the pressures of distance. Charlevoix writes with the Jesuit relations context close at hand, attentive to indigenous peoples relations and the contested work of catholic missions in Canada, without flattening the complexity of encounter and negotiation. Read as a historical chronicle translation, it rewards the curious general reader with clarity and momentum, while serving as a steady history research reference for academic Canadian studies and anyone tracing 17th century New France through the wider currents of early North American history. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today -- a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. An essential cornerstone for classic-history shelves, and a lasting companion for serious study.

4 different editions

Also available

Also in

General World History

View All