{"id":496,"date":"2011-04-08T19:40:46","date_gmt":"2011-04-08T19:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historymuseum.ca\/nouvelle-france\/"},"modified":"2011-06-13T15:38:23","modified_gmt":"2011-06-13T19:38:23","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.historymuseum.ca\/virtual-museum-of-new-france\/introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"

New France: how can we render a faithful portrait of such a vast entity without fear of neglecting whole chapters of its history? This was the challenge we set for ourselves in renewing this virtual museum. Two major objectives guided our endeavour. First, to extend the scope of the exhibition to encompass all of New France, from Acadia through Canada and the Pays d\u2019en haut<\/em> of the\u00a0Great Lakes,\u00a0to Louisiana. Second, to present a wide range of\u00a0facets of the French colonial experience. We established five main themes for the exhibition: colonies and empires, population, everyday life, economic activities and heritage.<\/p>\n

These main themes are subdivided into a variety of headings that the reader can explore at leisure, such as foodways, entertainment,\u00a0and health and medicine. Prepared in collaboration with a variety of specialists and combining historical and archaeological knowledge, the\u00a0texts presented here are based on the most recent research and perspectives.<\/p>\n

In order to provide readers with an accurate view of the specific characteristics of New France and the factors that influenced its destiny, we\u00a0have not hesitated to look beyond its spatial and temporal boundaries. Indeed, from the 16th to the 18th centuries, New France\u00a0finds its place\u00a0within\u00a0much broader contexts: that of European expansion,\u00a0of the encounter with Aboriginal peoples, and of the roots of the Francophonie in America.<\/p>\n

Pocket sundial and compass, circa 1750<\/strong>
Made by Pierre Le Maire of Paris around 1750, this pocket sundial and compass was used by a French officer during the Seven Years War. The longitude and latitude of twelve towns and posts in New France, including Quebec and Louisbourg, were engraved on its back.
CWM 20080079-011 \u00a9 Canadian War Museum<\/div>\">\"Pocket<\/a>

Pocket sundial and compass, circa 1750<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New France: how can we render a faithful portrait of such a vast entity without fear of neglecting whole chapters of its history? This was the challenge we set for ourselves in renewing this virtual museum. Two major objectives guided our endeavour. First, to extend the scope of the exhibition to encompass all of New […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":856,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.historymuseum.ca\/virtual-museum-of-new-france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/496"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.historymuseum.ca\/virtual-museum-of-new-france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.historymuseum.ca\/virtual-museum-of-new-france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.historymuseum.ca\/virtual-museum-of-new-france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.historymuseum.ca\/virtual-museum-of-new-france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.historymuseum.ca\/virtual-museum-of-new-france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":828,"href":"https:\/\/www.historymuseum.ca\/virtual-museum-of-new-france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/496\/revisions\/828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.historymuseum.ca\/virtual-museum-of-new-france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.historymuseum.ca\/virtual-museum-of-new-france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}