Gov. Nicolas Denys

Auteur d'une Description géographique et historique des côtes de l'Amérique Septentrionale en 1672 et de l'Histoire naturelle des peuples, animaux, plantes de l'Amérique Septentrionale et de ses climats

Source: [Acadiensis 1 (1) automne 1971: 54-70; DBC I 264-267, AG-LaR]

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Another of these early adventurers who has left a personal account of his long-continued but fruitless attempts at American colonization is Nicolas Denys, a native of Tours. So early as 1632 he was appointed by the French king governor of the territory between Cape Canso and Cape Rosier. Forty years later, when he must have been well advanced in life, though he had lost none of his early enthusiasm, he published an historical and geographical description of this part of North America.[424] The work shows that he was a careful and observant navigator; but in its historical part it is confused and perplexing. The second volume is largely devoted to an account of the cod-fishery, and treats generally of the natural history of the places with which he was familiar, and of the manners and life of the Indians. It has a different titlepage from the first volume.

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