History And General Description Of New France (Volume Iv)

By John Gilmary Shea, P F X de Charlevoix, Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix

New France was not an idea; it was lived, argued over, and recorded in ink. In this fourth volume, P. F. X. De Charlevoix follows the pulse of 18th century New France as a Jesuit observer with a storyteller's restraint. A continent is taking shape. History And General Description Of New France (Volume IV) stands among the great french colonial chronicles: a sustained account of the french north america colonies, their politics, trade, and daily pressures on the frontier. It is equally suited to the armchair reader and the dedicated archive hunter. Read as a primary source translation, it brings together new france settlement history with the practical realities of jesuit missions canada and the complex encounters with the indigenous peoples of quebec. Charlevoix writes with the habits of a field traveller and the discipline of a compiler, echoing the larger jesuit relations collection while conversing, at a distance, with samuel de champlain writings and the later tradition of colonial narration. 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. For canadian history research it offers a dependable academic historical reference; for the curious reader, it is immersive, paced, and full of human stakes. Add it to a shelf of colonial canada history, or return to it whenever you want the origins of Quebec and the wider Atlantic world set out with clarity and weight.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9354486797
• ISBN13: 9789354486791
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"