Nova Francia : A Description of Acadia, 1606
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Format
Hardback
ISBN-10
0415344689
ISBN-13
9780415344685
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 21st, 2004
Print length
384 Pages
Weight
870 grams
Product Classification:
Classic travel writing
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Nova Francia is an account of the foundation of the first French colony in Acadia in 1606. The author, Lescarbot, had an inquisitive mind and and an independent outlook, it is this authorial style which gives the work its unique value.
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 French colony in Acadia in 1606. The author, Marc Lescarbot, had an inquisitive mind and an independent outlook, with a special faculty for clear thinking, and it is this authorial style which gives the work its unique value. To read Lescarbot is to enter again into the outlook of an intelligent Frenchman of the sixteenth century.
''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 French colony in Acadia in 1606. The author, Marc Lescarbot, had an inquisitive mind and an independent outlook, with a special faculty for clear thinking, and it is this authorial style which gives the work its unique value. To read Lescarbot is to enter again into the outlook of an intelligent Frenchman of the sixteenth century.
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