Recit du prodigieux tremble-terre arriué en la Nouvelle-France l'an 1663
Subtitle: tiré d'une lettre écrite de ce pays par vne personne digne de foy, & confirmé par le rapport de tous ceux qui en sont reuenus cette année auec la flotte de Canada
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1663
Place of publication: Bordeaux, France?
Language: fre
Subjects: Natural disasters; Earthquakes; History
Other titles: Recit dv prodigievx tremble-terre arriué en la Nouuelle-France l'an 1663.
Work titles: Relatio Ch. Simon terraemotus in Nova Francia 1663
Notes: Caption title.

Translation of: Relatio Ch. Simon terraemotus in Nova Francia 1663, Biturigibus [i.e. Bordeaux], 1663, and reprinted in Thwaites' Jesuit relations, Cleveland, 1899, v. 48, p. 182-223, where it differs only in first paragraph and in length. This French translation is an abridged version. Cf. Streit.

Charles Simon arrived in Canada October 27, 1662 and returned to France, September 6, 1663; according to the text, the earthquake occured in what is specified only as the province of New France, the actual location is unknown. Cf. Thwaites.

Alden erroneously suggests imprint as: Rennes : F. Harran, 1664.

Cf. Streit, R. Bib. missionum, II:2620 (Latin edition)

Signatures: [A]² B²

Woodcut head piece above caption title.

European Americana 664/168.

John Carter Brown Library copy acquired as a gift of the JCB Associates.