Canadian Scenery: Volume I (of 2)
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La Potherie corroborates this statement, with this difference, that he attributes the Spaniards' idea of the nothingness of the country to its being covered with snow. He says also that the Indians, on the arrival of Jacques Cartier, frequently pronounced these words: Aca nada (nothing here), which is a very plausible derivation. The words were taught them probably by the Spaniards, who had visited the Baie des Chaleurs, and pronounced them because...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1508891818
ISBN13:9781508891819
Release Date:March 1842
Publisher:Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Length:108 Pages
Weight:0.34 lbs.
Dimensions:0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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