New France

So many voyages and discoveries without result, and attended with so much hardship and expense, have caused us French in late years to attempt a permanent settlement in those lands which we call New France, [6] in the hope of thus realizing more easily this object; since the voyage in search of the desired passage commences on the other side of the ocean, and is made along the coast of this region.

Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 02 Samuel de Champlain 1601

After reciting a list of explorations which began with John Cabot and had continued at intervals during the next century, he continues: 'So many voyages and discoveries without results, and attended with so much hardship and expense, have caused us French in late years to attempt a permanent settlement in those lands which we call New France, in the hope of thus realizing more easily this object; since the voyage in search of the desired passage commences on the other side of the ocean and is made along the coast of this region.'

The Founder of New France : A chronicle of Champlain Charles William Colby 1911

To these vast regions, with adjacent islands, they had given the name of New France.

Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997

To these vast regions, with adjacent islands, they had given the name of New France.

Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997

But Louis Hébert was another man with a dream—a true believer in the idea of New France.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

But Louis Hébert was another man with a dream—a true believer in the idea of New France.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

French had been called New France, but in De Monts 'Patent, that portion of the territory lying east of the Penobscot and embracing the present provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and part of Maine was named

Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses Frederic S. Cozzens

The drainage basin of the St. Lawrence was called New France (or Canada); the lands near Port Royal became another French colony, called Acadia.

A Brief History of the United States John Bach McMaster 1892

But it was in Quebec, then known as New France, where the first official census was held by intendant Jean Talon, who later became governor.

Thestar.com - Home Page Jennifer Hunter 2011

Still, the province of 7.8 million people always has been a contentious subject: in the 1760s, when the British completed their takeover of what was then called New France; in 1867, when the country of Canada was formed as a dominion under Queen Victoria, and a century later, when it thrilled to visiting French President Charles de Gaulle and his cry of "Vive le Quebec libre!"

The Seattle Times 2011