The Settlement of New France And Acadia, 1524-1701
, by Nelson, Sheila- ISBN: 9781422200025 | 1422200027
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 9/8/2005
The first French explorers and settlers in the wilderness of Canada faced long, snowy winters, starvation, and the dreaded disease scurvy. Led by men like Jacques Cartier and Samuel de Champlain, the French built themselves a home along the St. Lawrence River and in Acadia, on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. The first Nations already lived in Canada. Some of them greeted the French enthusiastically, some fought wars with the newcomers; many set up trade relationships with the French settlers.