Documents of Transaction: Cartography and Architectural Drawings of Trade Infrastructure in Early Modern New France

Samuel de Champlain’s Voyages (1613) offers the earliest known depiction of the Québec habitation, or trading fort (fig. 1). Published in Paris, the richly illustrated book recounted three trips made by the French navigator, cartographer, and colonist along the St. Lawrence River and its tributarie...

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Glavni avtor: Nguyen, Jason
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Jezik:Anglais
Izdano: ABE Journal 2025
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Izvleček:Samuel de Champlain’s Voyages (1613) offers the earliest known depiction of the Québec habitation, or trading fort (fig. 1). Published in Paris, the richly illustrated book recounted three trips made by the French navigator, cartographer, and colonist along the St. Lawrence River and its tributaries between 1604 and 1612. These first-hand and allegedly factual accounts of foreign travel catered to a European readership fascinated by globalism and tales of adventure. In the image, a series of...