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 101
... Nova Scotia , including Cape Breton Island , as well as on Prince Edward Island , lands they called Megumaage . They were the Toudamans mentioned by Car- tier , probably Thevet's Tontaniens 61 and the Tarantines of the English colonists ...
... Nova Scotia , including Cape Breton Island , as well as on Prince Edward Island , lands they called Megumaage . They were the Toudamans mentioned by Car- tier , probably Thevet's Tontaniens 61 and the Tarantines of the English colonists ...
Page 221
... Nova Scotia to sollicite such help and assistance against us . By the time Nelson penned his observations , the French had been sending Amerindian war prisoners to France for more than half a century . One of the most noted of these was ...
... Nova Scotia to sollicite such help and assistance against us . By the time Nelson penned his observations , the French had been sending Amerindian war prisoners to France for more than half a century . One of the most noted of these was ...
Page 299
... 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 arms . that Amerindians “ do ...
... 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 arms . that Amerindians “ do ...
Contents
PARTI American Discoveries and European Images | 1 |
Early Contacts of Amerindians and Frenchmen | 87 |
Amerindians in Europe | 203 |
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