My Oldest IMMIGRANT Ancestor
Pierre VINCENT (1631 - 1686) arr. May 1654 Port Royal, NS aboard the Chateaufort
Relationship to Me
SEVENTH Great Grand-Father
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History of the Name
"Acadia"
Acadia has its origins
in the explorations of Giovanni da Verrazzano, an Italian explorer serving the
king of France. In 1524-25 he explored the Atlantic coast of North America and
gave the name "Archadia", or “Arcadia” in Italian, to a region near
the present-day American state of Delaware. In 1566, the cartographer
Bolongnini Zaltieri gave a similar name, "Larcadia," to an area far
to the northeast that was to become Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. The 1524
notes of Portuguese explorer Estêvão Gomes also included Newfoundland as part
of the area he called “Arcadie” (see also Acadia).
French Presence
(1534--1713)
