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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The Micmac lived on the Gaspé Peninsula , in present New Brunswick east of the drainage basin of the St. John River , throughout Nova Scotia , including Cape Breton Island , as well as on Prince Edward Island , lands they called ...
The Micmac lived on the Gaspé Peninsula , in present New Brunswick east of the drainage basin of the St. John River , throughout Nova Scotia , including Cape Breton Island , as well as on Prince Edward Island , lands they called ...
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As a matter of fact , added Nelson , “ there are actually at this instant now at Versailles six Sagamos or chiefs sent from Canada , Hudson's Bay and Nova Scotia to sollicite such help and assistance against us .
As a matter of fact , added Nelson , “ there are actually at this instant now at Versailles six Sagamos or chiefs sent from Canada , Hudson's Bay and Nova Scotia to sollicite such help and assistance against us .
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Two of Canada's provinces , Nova Scotia and pincers very quickly became an item Europeans offered in Newfoundland , have Amerindians as supporting figures in trade . Later , Thevet , in his Cosmographie , again stressed their coats of ...
Two of Canada's provinces , Nova Scotia and pincers very quickly became an item Europeans offered in Newfoundland , have Amerindians as supporting figures in trade . Later , Thevet , in his Cosmographie , again stressed their coats of ...
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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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