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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In the region then known as Florida , Laudonnière and some of his men were also carried on the shoulders of their Amerindian allies on a war march.37 Vespucci had reported of South Americans : " What greater wonder can I tell you than ...
In the region then known as Florida , Laudonnière and some of his men were also carried on the shoulders of their Amerindian allies on a war march.37 Vespucci had reported of South Americans : " What greater wonder can I tell you than ...
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In his works , de Thou noted a rain of grain in Carinthia ( part the Holy Roman Empire , north and east of Venice ) in March 1548 ; for 1560 he listed such signs as fires and horsemen in the sky as well as a comet as the “ most sure ...
In his works , de Thou noted a rain of grain in Carinthia ( part the Holy Roman Empire , north and east of Venice ) in March 1548 ; for 1560 he listed such signs as fires and horsemen in the sky as well as a comet as the “ most sure ...
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March of America Facsimile Series , no . 2. Ann Arbor : University Microfilms , 1966. ( Facsimile of 1507 edition . ) Whitbourne , Sir Richard . A Discourse and Discovery of Newfound - land , with many reasons to prove how worthy and ...
March of America Facsimile Series , no . 2. Ann Arbor : University Microfilms , 1966. ( Facsimile of 1507 edition . ) Whitbourne , Sir Richard . A Discourse and Discovery of Newfound - land , with many reasons to prove how worthy and ...
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Contents
PARTI American Discoveries and European Images | 1 |
Early Contacts of Amerindians and Frenchmen | 87 |
Amerindians in Europe | 203 |
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| Title | The Myth of the Savage and the Beginnings of French Colonialism in the Americas |
| Author | Olive Patricia Dickason |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | University of Alberta Press, 1997 |
| ISBN | 0888640366, 9780888640369 |
| Length | 416 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Canada / General Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social |
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