The Chevalier de Montmagny: First Governor of New France

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The Chevalier de Montmagny (1601-1657) "FRENCH AMERICA" COLLECTION The "French America" collection publishes works pertaining to the various realities of the French in North America, in particular outside of Quebec: Ontario, the Maritimes, Western Canada, and the United States. In keeping with the University of Ottawa Press bilingual policy, this collection welcomes manuscripts in French or English. Collection director: Jean-Pierre Wallot, director of the Centre de recherche en civilisation canadienne-francaise (CRCCF) Titles in the same collection: Wallot, Jean-Pierre (ed.), Lede-batqui n'a pas eu lieu. La Commission PepinRobarts , quelque vingt ans apres, 2002. Dennie, Donald, A I'ombre de I'INCO. Etude de la transition d'une communaute canadienne-francaise de la region de Sudbury (1890-1972), 2001. Huneault, Estelle, Au fil des ans.L'Union catholique desfermieres de la province d'Ontario, de 1936 a 1945, 2000. Blais, Suzelle, Neologie canadienne, ou Dictionnaire des mots crees en Canada et maintenant en vogue de Jacques Viger, 1998. Farmer, Diane, Artisansde la modernite. Les centres culturels en Ontario frangais, 1996. Martel, Marcel, Le deuil d'un pays imagine. Reves, luttes et deroute du Canada francais catholique desfermieres de la province d'Ontario, de 1936 a1945,1997. Toupin, Robert, Les ecrits de Pierre Potier, 1996. Halford, Peter W, Le frangais des Canadiens a la veille de la Conquete. Temoignage du pere Pierre Philippe Potier, s.j., 1994. Gaffield, Chad, Aux origines de I'identitefranco-ontarienne. Education, culture, economie, 1993. Jean-Claude Dube The Chevalier de Montmagny (1601-1657) First Governor of New France Translated by Elizabeth Rapley Collection AMERIQUE FRANCAISE N°10 University of Ottawa Press Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Dube, Jean-Claude, 1925The chevalier de Montmagny, 1601-1657: first governer of New France / Jean-Claude Dube; translated by Elizabeth Rapley. (Collection Amerique francaise, ISSN 1480-4735; 10) Translation of: Le chevalier de Montmagny. Includes bibliographical referencesand index. ISBN 0-7766-3028-8 (bound).-ISBN 0-7766-0559-3 (pbk.) 1. Montmagny, Charles Huault de, 1583?-1653. 2. Canada-History-To 1663 (New France) 3. Governors-Canada-Biography. 4. Knights of Malta-Biography. 5. CanadaBiography . 6. France-Biography. I. Rapley, Elizabeth II. Title. III.Series. FC341.M65D8214 2005 971.01'6'092 C2005-900388-X University of Ottawa Press gratefully acknowledges the support extended to its publishing program by the Canada Council and the University of Ottawa. We also acknowledge the support of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ottawa for the publication of this book. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP) for our publishing activities. Maps: BruceRobin Copy-editing: Carol Tobin Proofreading: Stephanie VanderMeulen Typesetting: Brad Horning All rights reserved. No parts of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. ISBN 0-7766-3028-8(bound) 0-7766-0559-3(pbk.) ISSN 1480-4735© University of Ottawa Press, 2005 542 King Edward Avenue, Ottawa, Ont. Canada KIN 6N5 press@uottawa.ca http://www.uopress.uottawa.ca Printed and bound in Canada ...