About this book
Conversion des Sauvages qui ont esté baptizés en la Nouvelle France, cette année 1610, by Marc Lescarbot delivers a vivid early-17th-century account of missionary work and colonial ambition in the nascent settlements of New France. Lescarbot records the baptisms of Indigenous peoples, reflects on the piety and courage of figures like the Sieur de Poutrincourt, and appends a brief récit of Poutrincourt’s voyage—combining eyewitness narrative, political appeal, and moral argumentation.
Set against the backdrop of French expansion into Acadia and the Atlantic coast, this compact history reveals how evangelical zeal, royal patronage, and cultural encounter shaped France’s overseas enterprise. Lescarbot’s prose oscillates between devotional praise and practical advocacy, offering readers insight into contemporary motives for colonization, early ethnographic observations, and the rhetorical strategies used to secure support from the crown. As a primary-source document, it illuminates both the hopes and the blind spots of early colonial actors.
Ideal for listeners of History and those interested in colonial studies, religious history, or the origins of Canada’s European settlements, this audiobook gives an essential, readable window into the complex dynamics of faith, empire, and encounter in 1610.
