The Jesuit Relations And Allied Documents 1610 To 1791 by Reuben Gold Thwaites
Travels and Explorations of the Jesuit Missionaries in New France, 1610–1791
A multivolume collection of translated letters, reports, and travel narratives by Jesuit missionaries in New France, spanning the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It chronicles encounters with Indigenous nations, missionary strategies, conversions and martyrdoms, wars, epidemics, and the fur trade, while recording geography, flora and fauna, and detailed ethnographic observations. Editorial notes, maps, and allied documents provide context that frames a vivid, often harrowing portrait of colonial ambitions, cultural exchange, and the making of early North American history.
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- Published
- 1896
- Nationality
- Multiple
- Length
- Unknown
- Pages
- 250–400 pages per volume
- Original Language
- English
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