The Codex Canadensis and the Writings of Louis . Nicolas, Gagnon**

McGill-Queen's University Press

The Codex Canadensis and the Writings of Louis NicolasThe Natural History of the New World, Histoire Naturelle Des Indes Occidentales\nAuthor(s): Franois-Marc Gagnon, Nancy Senior, Ral Ouellet\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, Canada\nImprint: McGill-Queen's University Press\nISBN-13: 9780773538764, 978-0773538764\nSynopsis\nPart art, part science, part anthropology, this ambitious project presents an early Canadian perspective on natural history that is as much artistic and fantastical as it is encyclopedic. Edited and introduced by Franois-Marc Gagnon, The Codex Canadensis and the Writings of Louis Nicolas showcases an intriguing attempt to document the life of the new world - flora, fauna, and aboriginal. The book brings together for the first time the illustrated Codex Canadensis and The Natural History of the New World, following Gagnon's argument that both can be attributed to Louis Nicolas, a French Jesuit priest who travelled throughout Canada bet.