Recently rediscovered and never before published, this buoyant memoir recounts a young man's 1729 voyage from Paris to the New World. It provides an intimate look at the early history of one of America's most storied cities, placing it and the fledgling colony it anchored within the nexus of the French Atlantic empire. Recently rediscovered and never before published, this buoyant memoir recounts a young man's 1729 voyage from Paris to the New World. It provides an intimate look at the early history of one of America's most storied cities, placing it and the fledgling colony it anchored within the nexus of the French Atlantic empire.