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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Page 168
... alliance with the French by presenting them with an eight - year - old girl ; Cartier refused a boy of about two or three years as being too young . That Cartier understood at least some of the ramifications of this gesture is suggested ...
... alliance with the French by presenting them with an eight - year - old girl ; Cartier refused a boy of about two or three years as being too young . That Cartier understood at least some of the ramifications of this gesture is suggested ...
Page 190
... alliance of the French with the Tupinambá and Tamoyos , by Villegaignon's time an association of long standing . The importance of this alliance to the French is illustrated by an episode that concerned a German , Hans Staden , who had ...
... alliance of the French with the Tupinambá and Tamoyos , by Villegaignon's time an association of long standing . The importance of this alliance to the French is illustrated by an episode that concerned a German , Hans Staden , who had ...
Page 199
... alliance was formally sealed by an exchange of gifts . Gourgues presented such objects as daggers , knives , mirrors , axes , rings , little bells , and shirts for ceremonial occasions and for burials ; Satouriona gave the French two ...
... alliance was formally sealed by an exchange of gifts . Gourgues presented such objects as daggers , knives , mirrors , axes , rings , little bells , and shirts for ceremonial occasions and for burials ; Satouriona gave the French two ...
Contents
PARTI American Discoveries and European Images | 1 |
Early Contacts of Amerindians and Frenchmen | 87 |
Amerindians in Europe | 203 |
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