Quebec: Capitale de la Nouvelle France 1608-1760 [French]

by Raymonde Litalien

English summary: Quebec, a seaport frequented by Normany sailors as early as 1601, had already been noticed in 1535 by the explorer Jacques Cartier. In 1608, Samuel Champlain built a settlement there - the first dwellings of a city that would later become the capital of the French empire in North America - a title it would hold until 1760. The government, which was established in Quebec, created fur-trading posts, to trade with American Indians,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: French
• ISBN: 2251410392
• ISBN13: 9782251410395
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Les Belles Lettres
• Length: 236 Pages