Turning Points
in Wisconsin History
All of Charlevoix's letters from North America, 1721-1722.
Letters to the Dutchess of Lesdiguieres: giving an account of a voyage to Canada, and travels through that vast country, and Louisiana, to the Gulf of Mexico : undertaken by order of the present King of France
Charlevoix first came to New France to teach at the Jesuit College at Québec 1705-09, and returned a decade later. In 1721-22 he traveled through the Great Lakes, across Wisconsin, and down the Mississippi to New Orleans. His careful observations in letters home during that trip also became part of his 3-volume Histoire et Description Générale de la Nouvelle France, published in 1744.
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| Creator: | Charlevoix, Pierre-François-Xavier de |
| Pub Data: | London : Printed for R. Goadby, and sold by R. Baldwin ... , 1763 |
| Citation: | Charlevoix, Pierre-François-Xavier de. Letters to the Dutchess of Lesdiguieres. (London, 1763). Online facsimile at: http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/ItemRecord/32633; Visited on: 5/4/2024 |
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