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Jacques Legardeur De Saint-Pierre : Officer, Gentleman, Entrepeneur.
The documentary biography of Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre, an officer in the Troupes de la Marine, who served throughout New France, sheds new light on the business activity of French colonial officers stationed in the West. Many of the eighty previously untranslated documents in Jacques Legard...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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East Lansing :
Michigan State University Press,
1996.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | The documentary biography of Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre, an officer in the Troupes de la Marine, who served throughout New France, sheds new light on the business activity of French colonial officers stationed in the West. Many of the eighty previously untranslated documents in Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre demonstrate the extent and profitability of Saint-Pierre's pursuit of business activities while performing official duties in eighteenth-century French North America. The quest for profit permeated Saint- Pierre's career, particularly his command of the Western. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (364 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | BibliographyIndex. |
| ISBN: | 9780870139437 0870139436 0870134183 9780870134180 |