Diereville (Dièreville, Sieur de Dièreville, Dière de Dièreville) was a French surgeon, botanist and travel writer, born in France, probably in Pont-l'Évêque, Calvados. Dièreville is known mostly for his travels in Acadia from October 1699 to October 1700. The plant genus, '' Diervilla'', was named in honour of him by French botanist Tournefort Dièreville wrote about his observations in Acadia in "Relation du voyage du Port Royal de l’Acadie, ou de la Nouvelle France" which was first published in Rouen in 1708. It was re-published with notes by LU Fontaine in Quebec in 1885. In 1933, the Champlain Society published another edition as part of its General Series, edited by

John Clarence Webster John Clarence Webster (21 October 1863 – 16 March 1950) was a Canadian-born physician pioneering in Obstetrics and gynaecology who in retirement had a second career as an historian, specializing in the history of his native New Brunswick ...

, with English translation by Alice Webster.

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A history of the island of Cape Breton: with some account of the discovery and settlement of Canada. Nova Scotia and Newfoundland
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Relation of the voyage to Port Royal in Acadia or New France
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