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Book/Printed Material Relation of what Occurred that was Most Remarkable in the Missions of the Fathers of the Society of Jesus in New France in the Years 1671 and 1672. Relation de ce qui s'est passé de plus remarquable aux Missions des Pères de la Compagnie de Jésus, en la Nouvelle-France, les années 1671 & 1672

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Title

  • Relation of what Occurred that was Most Remarkable in the Missions of the Fathers of the Society of Jesus in New France in the Years 1671 and 1672.

Other Title

  • Relation de ce qui s'est passé de plus remarquable aux Missions des Pères de la Compagnie de Jésus, en la Nouvelle-France, les années 1671 & 1672

Summary

  • The Jesuit priest Claude Dablon (circa 1619-97) came to Canada in the late summer of 1655, where he remained until his death. In addition to his work as a missionary, Dablon developed a keen interest in the geography of the interior of North America, still largely unknown to Europeans at that time. In 1669 he and Father Claude Allouez (1622-89) undertook a journey around Lake Superior, which contributed to the earliest European mapping of the lake. Dablon was appointed superior of the Jesuit missions in New France 1671 and in that capacity wrote Relation de ce qui s'est passé de plus remarquable aux Missions des Pères de la Compagnie de Jésus, en la Nouvelle France, les années 1671 & 1672 (Relation of what occurred that was most remarkable in the missions of the fathers of the Society of Jesus in New France in the years 1671 and 1672). This was the last of the Relations to be published in the 17th century. Its contents include an account of a missionary journey to the Huron Country in 1671-72, summaries of the activities of the seven Jesuit missions to the Iroquois, and an account of the discovery of a land route to Hudson Bay, made by order of Jean Talon, Intendant of New France, by one of Talon's officers, Paul Denis de Saint Simon, and the Jesuit Charles Albanel. Presented here is the original edition, published in Paris in 1673. Like all of the Relations from 1633 onward, it was published by the press founded by Sébastien Cramoisy (1585-1669), printer to the king, and carried on by his son Sébastien Mabre-Cramoisy.

Names

  • Dablon, Claude, 1619-1697 Author.

Created / Published

  • Paris : Sébastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1673.

Headings

  • -  Canada--Ontario
  • -  1671 to 1672
  • -  Albanel, Charles, 1616?-1696
  • -  Catholic Church--Missions
  • -  Denys de Saint-Simon, Paul, 1649-1731
  • -  Description and travel
  • -  France in America
  • -  France--Colonies
  • -  Indians of North America
  • -  Indigenous peoples
  • -  Iroquois Indians
  • -  Jesuits
  • -  Missionaries
  • -  New France

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 264 pages.
  • -  Original resource at: National Library of France.
  • -  Content in French.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

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  • 1 online resource.

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  • 2021667020

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Chicago citation style:

Dablon, Claude, Author. Relation of what Occurred that was Most Remarkable in the Missions of the Fathers of the Society of Jesus in New France in the Yearsand 1672. Paris: Sébastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1673. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667020/.

APA citation style:

Dablon, C. (1673) Relation of what Occurred that was Most Remarkable in the Missions of the Fathers of the Society of Jesus in New France in the Yearsand 1672. Paris: Sébastien Mabre-Cramoisy. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667020/.

MLA citation style:

Dablon, Claude, Author. Relation of what Occurred that was Most Remarkable in the Missions of the Fathers of the Society of Jesus in New France in the Yearsand 1672. Paris: Sébastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1673. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667020/>.