QUEBEC, Birthplace of New France

QUEBEC, Birthplace of New France
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Publisher : Éditions Sylvain Harvey
Total Pages : 148
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ISBN-10 : 9782923794433
ISBN-13 : 2923794435
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Book Synopsis QUEBEC, Birthplace of New France by : David Mendel

Download or read book QUEBEC, Birthplace of New France written by David Mendel and published by Éditions Sylvain Harvey. This book was released on 2012-04-03T00:00:00-04:00 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Visual Exploration of Quebec City This book is the second in a series of four volumes that will provide a visual exploration of Quebec City, its history and its architecture. While the first volume, Quebec, World Heritage City focused on the upper town, this one, Quebec, Birthplace of New France takes us down to the lower town, where the city began early in the 17th century, with the establishment of a little trading post by the shore of the St. Lawrence River. The evolution of the lower town has always been tied to the rising and falling fortunes of Quebec as a maritime city. Over the centuries, the needs of the port determined not only the size and scale of the buildings in the sector, but even the amount of land available for construction. A brief outline of the history of each major location leads to a step-by-step exploration, in which general exterior and interior views are followed by photographs of selected objects, symbols and architectural elements. Texts have been kept deliberately short in order to provide as much space as possible for historic maps, images and, especially, Luc-Antoine Couturier’s remarkable photographs. As we will see, a wide variety of historic buildings and structures have survived in the lower town. Evidence of Quebec’s evolution as a port city remains visible at almost every corner, waiting to be discovered by the observant eye. It is a story that is told in brick and stone.


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