Summary |
Description: Letter patent granting Pierre Chauvin the right to explore and colonise French North America. This was not to be done to the detriment of the Marquis de la Roche, the Governor General of New France, who had received a general patent in 1598 giving him full powers over the territory of French-held North America. |
General note | AMDigital Reference: 1600 oFr. |
Original version | Reproduction of: Grant to Master Captain Chauvin, of the Island of Bourbon, of Cape Breton, and other parts of the eastern portion of New France 15 Jan 1600. |
Location of original | James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota |
Copyright note | James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota |
Source of description | Description based on online resource (viewed on May 28, 2018). |