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...amérique 🗽 les huguenots au canada the huguenots in acadia. the year 2004 marks the 400th anniversary of the founding of acadia by pierre de gua (or gaust), comte de monts, huguenot from pons. this colony is identified by some historians as the first permanent french settlement in north america. some deny it that distinction because its occupation may have been intermittent. port royal, now called annapolis royal, the final site of the colony, was burned by the british at least five times during the 17th century, but was always rebuilt and, some say, was never completely depopulated. qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour le traduire ? pour une fois qu'il n'y a encore que la version anglaise ! et puis, si vous trouvez que je ne vais pas assez vite, vous n'avez qu'à vous y coller ! those who deny that acadia was permanent make quebec city, founded by samuel de champlain in 1608, the first permanent settlement. one author, avoiding the issue of permanence, describes acadia as the first french agricultural settlement in north america. many books tell the story of the acadian colony. those of presumably unbiased sources like the great american historian francis parkman and contributors to various encyclopedias, those of writers like john fiske apparently partial to a catholic interpretation, and those of such propagandists for the huguenots as abram elting bennett and lucian j. fosdick differ on many details, for example, the spelling of de monts' name, the number of ships and the number of clergymen and the religious affiliations of de monts' principal lieutenants. all agree, however, that it was a largely huguenot venture. that was not surprising; both of the serious french attempts at settlement in the new world in the 16th century had also been huguenot-sponsored, by gaspard de coligny- and consisted principally of huguenots. both settlements ended in disaster. the brazilian colony of 1555 was razed by the port...