Nova Francia a description of Acadia, 1606

• Main Author: Lescarbot, Marc
• Other Authors: Erondelle, Pierre, active 1586-1609, Biggar, Henry Percival, 1872-1938
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Harper & Brothers 1928
• Subjects: Indians of North America > Canada > Nova Scotia; New France > Discovery and exploration; Acadia; Newfoundland studies
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns2/id/208819

The translation was made, at the request of Richard Hakluyt, from Marc Lescarbot's Histoire de la Nouvelle France (1st edition, 1609) It covers only the part relating to the voyages and settlements of de Monts, Pontgrave and Poutrincourt, with the book on the Indians. Includes reproduction of original title page of the translation: Nova Francia; or The description of that part of New France, which is one continent with Virginia. Described in the three late voyages and plantation made by Monsieur de Monts, Monsieur du Pont-Graue, and Monsieur de Poutrincourt, into the countries called by the French men La Cadie lying to the souhwest of Cape Breton. Together with an excellent seurerall treatie of all the commodities of the said countries and maners of the naturall inhabitants of the same. Translated out of French into English by P. Erondelle, Londini, Impensis Georgii Bishop. 1609; "First published in this series in 1928." Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-337) and index