Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix
French traveler and historian
Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, S.J. was a French Jesuit priest, traveller, and historian, often considered the first historian of New France. Wikipedia
Born: October 29, 1682, Saint-Quentin, France
Died: February 1, 1761 (age 78 years), La Flèche, France
Parents: François de Charlevoix and Antoinette Forestier
Books
Journal of a Voyage to North America
History and General Description of New France
The History of Paraguay. Containing Amongst Many Other New, Curious, and Interesting Particulars of that Country, a Full and Authentic Account of the Establishments Formed There by the Jesuits ... Written Originally in French, by the Celebrated Father Charlevoix. In Two Volumes
The History of Paraguay Containing Amongst Many Other New, Curious, and Interesting Particulars of That Country, a Full and Authentic Account of the Establishments Formed There by the Jesuits, Written Originally in French, V 1 Of 2
History and General Description of New France. Translated From the Original Edition and Edited, With Notes; Volume 3
The History of Paraguay: Containing ... a Full and Authentic Account of the Establishments Formed There by the Jesuits, from Among the Savage Natives ... Establishments Allowed to Have Realized the Sublime Ideas of Fenelon, Sir Thomas Moore, and Plato
Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, S.J. was a French Jesuit priest, traveller, and historian, often considered the first historian of New France. Pierre ...
Oct 25, 2024 · Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix was a French Jesuit who wrote one of the earliest descriptive accounts of North America.
Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix began his studies at the Collège des Bons-Enfants in his native town, later becoming a pupil of the Jesuits. On 15 Sept.
Pierre-François Xavier de Charlevoix is regarded as the first historian of New France, the French-held territories in Canada and Louisiana in the seventeenth ...
Jesuit missionary, in New France 1705; traveled through Canada and Louisiana, including Wisconsin, 1720-22; his letters home and his multi-volume history of ...
Pierre François-Xavier de Charlevoix (Oct. 29, 1682 - Feb. 1, 1761) was a French Jesuit priest, explorer, teacher, and writer. His writings are some of the ...
Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix was born in October 1682 in Saint-Quentin (France). This Jesuit priest and teacher was charged by the Regent of the ...
Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, S.J. (October 24 or 29, 1682 – February 1, 1761) was a French Jesuit priest, traveller, and historian, ...
Apr 22, 2016 · In 1698, at the age of 16, Charlevoix traveled to Paris to begin training as a prospective Jesuit. He would be ordained as a priest in 1713.
Historical journal of Father Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix: in letters addressed to the Dutchess of Lesdiguières. Translated from the French.