The Dominion of Canada (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Dominion of Canada During the winter Of 1542-3 the Sieur de Roberval wintered with a small garrison at Cap Rouge, near Quebec, and then for a time the troubles in France which followed the death Of Francis I put an end to active exploration on any large scale. With the return Of peace a project for the colonisation of Canada was undertaken by the Marquis de la Roche, but the expedition never reached its Objective. Sixty convicts were landed on Sable Island and were left there without assistance for five years. Only twelve survived. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.