Contributions of the Canadian Jesuits to the Geographical Knowledge of New France, 1632-1675: A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School ... for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy - Softcover

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Excerpt from Contributions of the Canadian Jesuits to the Geographical Knowledge of New France, 1632-1675: A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Cornell University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy

This shows the evolution of the geographical conception of New, France. But for our purpose we shall consider the territory as the New France of La Salle and Frontenac, namely, the region comprising the St. Lawrence Basin, including its tributaries in New York State, the Mississippi Valley, and the vast district be tween the St. Lawrence and Hudson Bay. We shall confine our discussion of geographical contributions to those features that are ordinarily found. On maps, such as lakes, rivers, mountains and bays, with an occasional reference to Indian settlements, in short to those things that come within the scope of physical as distin guished from other branches of geographical science. This compels us to leave untouched those vast reservoirs of information on such subjects as mineralogy, ethnology and natural history, contained in the Jesuit Relations, subjects which we feel are each worthy of a separate study.

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