Marc lescarbot biography

Marc Lescarbot is known, principally, as the first historian of Acadia. He wrote Nova Francia: A Description of Acadia, 1606.

Unlike so many of the early French explorers, Lescarbot was born in the north of France near the present day border of Belgium. He studied law and practiced in the courts.

One of Lescarbot clients was Jean de Biencourt, Seigneur de Poutrincourt. On March 7th, 1604, Poutrincourt, as we may see from our history, sailed to Acadia. Poutrincourt was part of a commercial enterprise under the command of de Monts. That autumn Poutrincourt returned to France leaving de Monts and 79 men to suffer it out at St. Croix. As his lawyer, Lescarbot "was placed in charge" of Poutrincourt's affairs. Poutrincourt, who, it must be remembered had not likely tasted a cruel Canadian winter, was enthusiastic about the New World. Poutrincourt had returned with "several bales of beaver and other kinds of fur." The idea, I suppose, was for Poutrincourt to sell the skins, buy Marc lescarbot history of new france!