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The Discoverers
Series title:The Ordeal of New FranceHierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Item number (ISN):552309Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:RADIO-CANADA INTERNATIONALAccession:1982-0125Media:SoundProduction company:Radio-Canada InternationalProduction credit:script, W.J. Eccles; narrator, Mavor MooreCast credit:Jean Gascon, Henry RamerDescription:Period covered: A.D. 900 - 1600. Describes early attempts to find a sea-passage to the East Indies and the discoveries of Jacques Cartier: The world as conceived in 1492 - Norse and Icelandic fore-runners - the unsuspected continent - Letters Patent to Giovanni Caboto - the strange adventures of Jacques Cartier - the original Canadians - up the river to Stadacona - Cartier visits an "Indian" village and describes the view from Mount Royal - awful effects of the first winter - hopes of finding he riches of the East -Cartier's departure from America described by Haklut - true wealth of the continent still unsuspected -its shape and nature now becoming clearer. <29mn 18s>Language:EnglishOriginal number:E-500Notes:Detailed holdings information: -
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