Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre: Officer, Gentleman, Entrepeneur Tapa dura - 1996
de Joseph L. Peyser (Editor)
Descripción de contraportada
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 more than one hundred previously untranslated documents in Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre demonstrate the extent and profitability of Saint-Pierre's pursuit of business activities while he was performing official duties in eighteenth-century French North America. The quest for profit permeated Saint-Pierre's career, particularly his command of the Western Sea Post after he succeeded the fabled Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Verendrye in 1750. Saint-Pierre and his secret partners Governor-General Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de La Jonquiere, Intendant Francois Bigot, and Meret, secretary to La Jonquiere, used their positions to engage in extensive trade, especially in brandy, with the Cree and Assiniboine northwest of Lake Superior. Saint-Pierre's activities provide fresh insights into the North American fur trade.
Detalles
- Título Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre: Officer, Gentleman, Entrepeneur
- Autor Joseph L. Peyser (Editor)
- Encuadernación Tapa dura
- Edición First Printing
- Páginas 336
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Michigan State University Press, East Lansing, Michigan, U.S.A.
- Fecha de publicación 1996
- ISBN 9780870134180 / 0870134183
- Peso 1.66 libras (0.75 kg)
- Dimensiones 9.34 x 6.41 x 1.35 pulgadas (23.72 x 16.28 x 3.43 cm)
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Temas
- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Cultural Region: French
- Library of Congress subjects Saint-Pierre, Jacques Legardeur de, Soldiers - New France - Biography
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 96019766
- Dewey Decimal Code 971.016
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