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 184
... Brazilian . L'Église Saint - Jacques de Dieppe . Brazil . Henry II's entry into Rouen in 1550 had provided an occasion for a poem to be addressed to the king , asking him to expel the Portuguese from Brazil.6 Almost all the ...
... Brazilian . L'Église Saint - Jacques de Dieppe . Brazil . Henry II's entry into Rouen in 1550 had provided an occasion for a poem to be addressed to the king , asking him to expel the Portuguese from Brazil.6 Almost all the ...
Page 185
... Brazil appeared so attractive to France at this time . Rapidly incorporated into French were Brazilian words for New World items previously unknown in France , such as ananas , hamac , and tapir . François I may have turned to the North ...
... Brazil appeared so attractive to France at this time . Rapidly incorporated into French were Brazilian words for New World items previously unknown in France , such as ananas , hamac , and tapir . François I may have turned to the North ...
Page 189
... Brazilian waters.31 Villegaignon's efforts to raise a retaliatory force against Portuguese settlements in Brazil failed because his colony had been of no more than marginal interest to the Catholics , and he had betrayed the Protestants ...
... Brazilian waters.31 Villegaignon's efforts to raise a retaliatory force against Portuguese settlements in Brazil failed because his colony had been of no more than marginal interest to the Catholics , and he had betrayed the Protestants ...
Contents
PARTI American Discoveries and European Images | 1 |
Early Contacts of Amerindians and Frenchmen | 87 |
Amerindians in Europe | 203 |
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