In the "Publications of the Champlain Society" (Toronto) we have
The Description and Natural History of the Coasts of North America (Acadia), by Nicolas Denys, Translated and Edited, with Memoir, &c., by William F. Ganong. Nicolas Denys came out in 1632 with the Commandeur Isaac. do Razilly. De Razilly had another lieutenant in D'Aulnay, and one de la Tour was already in possession of a post of authority. Various disputes and struggles followed, which it is needless to detail. In 1633-54 Denys bought a considerable territory in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and received a Royal commission as Governor. This he retained, with a certain interruption, for more than thirty years. He accomplished little or nothing in the way of colonising or settling, but he wrote this book. He died at the ago of ninety, his long life having been marked by almost continuous misfortune. Still, posterity owes him more than it does to many of his more successful contemporaries.
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