On his return, Lescarbot published a poem on "La défaite des sauvages armouchiquois" (1607). Inspired by seeing parts of the New World, he wrote an extensive history of the French settlements in the Americas, the "Histoire de la Nouvelle-France." The first edition was published in Paris in 1609, by the bookseller Jean Millot. An English translation of the "Histoire" was made by W. L. Grant in 1907 as part of the Champlain Society's General Series. The author recounted the early voyages of René Goulaine de Laudonnière, Jean Ribault, and Dominique de Gourgues to present-day Florida; those of Durand de Villegaignon and Jean de Léry to Brazil; and those of Verrazzano, Jacques Cartier, and Jean-François Roberval to Canada. The last section was the least original part of his work, and relied on published sources.