The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 6John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... France . Resuming his journey , Roberval entered the St Lawrence and occu- pied Cartier's post which he renamed France - Roy . There he con- structed two forts , one on the river as a depôt for provisions and the other on the hill above ...
... France . Resuming his journey , Roberval entered the St Lawrence and occu- pied Cartier's post which he renamed France - Roy . There he con- structed two forts , one on the river as a depôt for provisions and the other on the hill above ...
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... France . Annexed to the royal domain , Canada became a royal province under the King's care and administration . The year 1663 marked a new era in the history of New France . During half a century , trading companies had owned and ruled ...
... France . Annexed to the royal domain , Canada became a royal province under the King's care and administration . The year 1663 marked a new era in the history of New France . During half a century , trading companies had owned and ruled ...
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... France where the purest French is spoken : the colonists almost all came from Normandy , Picardy and Aunis . True , the speech of these early settlers contained certain provincialisms ; but dialect disappeared before the progress of ...
... France where the purest French is spoken : the colonists almost all came from Normandy , Picardy and Aunis . True , the speech of these early settlers contained certain provincialisms ; but dialect disappeared before the progress of ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Cordillera | 7 |
Relations of the Aborigines to the Settlers | 13 |
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