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Loading... Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre : officer, gentleman, entrepreneurby Joseph L. Peyser
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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 No library descriptions found. |
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![]() GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)971.01History and Geography North America Canada Canada French regime 1497-1763LC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |