The Founder of New France: A Chronicle of Champlain
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back [1920]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or m...
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- THE ORDER OF GOOD CHEER—PORT ROYAL, 1606-7. From a colour drawing by C. W. Jefferys
- THE FOUNDER OF NEW FRANCE
- A Chronicle of Champlain
- CHARLES W. COLBY
- TORONTO GLASGOW, BROOK & COMPANY 1915
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I
- CHAMPLAIN'S EARLY YEARS
- PORTRAIT OF CHAMPLAIN ASCRIBED TO MONCORNET (See Bibliographical Note, P. 154) From Laverdière's Champlain in M'Gill University Library
- CHAPTER II
- CHAMPLAIN IN ACADIA[1]
- COASTS EXPLORED BY CHAMPLAIN, 1604-7
- CHAPTER III
- CHAMPLAIN AT QUEBEC
- CHAMPLAIN'S DRAWING OF THE HABITATION OF QUEBEC
- HENRI DE BOURBON, PRINCE DE CONDÉ, VICEROY OF NEW FRANCE. From Laverdière's Champlain in M'Gill University Library.
- CHAPTER IV
- CHAMPLAIN IN THE WILDERNESS
- THE DISCOVERY OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN, 1609. From a drawing by J. D. Kelly in the Château de Ramezay, Montreal.
- CHAMPLAIN'S ROUTE, 1615-16
- CHAPTER V
- CHAMPLAIN'S LAST YEARS
- CHAPTER VI
- CHAMPLAIN'S WRITINGS AND CHARACTER
- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
- English Translations
- General Literature
- Portrait
- INDEX
- THE CHRONICLES OF CANADA
- THIRTY-TWO VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED
- Edited by GEORGE M. WRONG and H. H. LANGTON
- THE CHRONICLES OF CANADA
- PART I THE FIRST EUROPEAN VISITORS
- PART II THE RISE OF NEW FRANCE
- PART III THE ENGLISH INVASION
- PART IV THE BEGINNINGS OF BRITISH CANADA
- PART V THE RED MAN IN CANADA
- PART VI PIONEERS OF THE NORTH AND WEST
- PART VII THE STRUGGLE FOR POLITICAL FREEDOM
- PART VIII THE GROWTH OF NATIONALITY
- PART IX NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
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