The Myth of the Savage and the Beginnings of French Colonialism in the AmericasA classic study of early contact between European explorers and North American natives. When the two cultures met in the fifteenth century, it meant great upheavals for the Amerindians, but strengthened the Europeans' move toward nation-states and capitalism. |
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... according to one authority , the French placed a bounty on their heads , 54 and the English hunted them at every opportunity . The last known representative of the Beothuk , a woman , died in 1829.55 It has been speculated that their ...
... according to one authority , the French placed a bounty on their heads , 54 and the English hunted them at every opportunity . The last known representative of the Beothuk , a woman , died in 1829.55 It has been speculated that their ...
Page 155
... According to the Amerindians , this had been a Spanish establishment that had been dispersed by the Inuit.67 The probability of at least a summer settlement there known by the French name of Brest is attested to by seventeenthcentury ...
... According to the Amerindians , this had been a Spanish establishment that had been dispersed by the Inuit.67 The probability of at least a summer settlement there known by the French name of Brest is attested to by seventeenthcentury ...
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... according to reports their land was well populated . 19 Two years later , 13 July 1503 , four Portuguese ships returned to Lisbon loaded with dyewood and Amerindians . 20 Earlier , three men had been brought from Newfoundland to England ...
... according to reports their land was well populated . 19 Two years later , 13 July 1503 , four Portuguese ships returned to Lisbon loaded with dyewood and Amerindians . 20 Earlier , three men had been brought from Newfoundland to England ...
Contents
PARTI American Discoveries and European Images | 1 |
Early Contacts of Amerindians and Frenchmen | 87 |
Amerindians in Europe | 203 |
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