Possession and Dispossession in Corporate New France, 1600–1663: Debunking a “Juridical History” and Revisiting
Possession and Dispossession in Corporate New France, 1600–1663: Debunking a “Juridical History” and Revisiting Terra Nullius EDWARD CAVANAGH Following Jacques Cartier’s voyages up and down the St. Lawrence River in 1534, 1535–36 and 1541–42, French interest in the region surged. This interest was confined to the region’s potential deposits of minerals, and then diverted realistically […]


