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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... Italy , The Netherlands , and Czechoslovakia , but none in Spain . This suggests censorship . Thirty - seven were in vernacular , of which almost half were in German , reflecting financial as well as scholarly interest in the ...
... Italy , The Netherlands , and Czechoslovakia , but none in Spain . This suggests censorship . Thirty - seven were in vernacular , of which almost half were in German , reflecting financial as well as scholarly interest in the ...
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... Italy , for which he was establishing a showcase at Fontainebleau ; he had no place to house the arts of the New World . Besides , he was perennially short of money in his expensive pursuit of his country's aggrandizement . And so ...
... Italy , for which he was establishing a showcase at Fontainebleau ; he had no place to house the arts of the New World . Besides , he was perennially short of money in his expensive pursuit of his country's aggrandizement . And so ...
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... Italy , then by Spain ( L'Exotisme américain , 219 ) . 1 Some First Reactions 1. Columbus , Spanish Letter , 12-13 . 2. Martire , De Orbe Novo ( MacNutt ) 1:67 . Columbus also speculated in his journals as to whether or not he had found ...
... Italy , then by Spain ( L'Exotisme américain , 219 ) . 1 Some First Reactions 1. Columbus , Spanish Letter , 12-13 . 2. Martire , De Orbe Novo ( MacNutt ) 1:67 . Columbus also speculated in his journals as to whether or not he had found ...
Contents
PARTI American Discoveries and European Images | 1 |
Early Contacts of Amerindians and Frenchmen | 87 |
Amerindians in Europe | 203 |
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