Excerpt from Exodus of the Western Nations, Vol. 2 of 2 The first Frenchmen who established themselves in Acadia were fishermen, who wintered on the coast and pursued their trade in the summer; they were joined by traders, soldiers, artizans and labourers, who, from time to time, arrived in the train of leaders to Whom the fortunes of the colony were intrusted. Port Royal was established in 1604. The French government, entirely ignoring the settlements of the English, Dutch, and Spaniards, conveyed to M. De Monts the Whole of North America, from the pole to the tropics nor did they appear to be under any apprehension that they were taking too large a view of the limits of their power. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.