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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... Thevet has been so often accused . It must be admitted that Thevet , however , added his own dimension to the foibles he shared with his age . He was not above faking evidence , as when he concocted a conversation with words borrowed ...
... Thevet has been so often accused . It must be admitted that Thevet , however , added his own dimension to the foibles he shared with his age . He was not above faking evidence , as when he concocted a conversation with words borrowed ...
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... Thevet , Singularitez , 418 ; Cosmographie ( Chaudiere ) , 928v . 91. Lescarbot , History of New France 2 : 267–68 ... Thevet's Specimens of the Indian Language , " 239 . 92. This is the thesis of Trigger and Pendergast in Cartier's ...
... Thevet , Singularitez , 418 ; Cosmographie ( Chaudiere ) , 928v . 91. Lescarbot , History of New France 2 : 267–68 ... Thevet's Specimens of the Indian Language , " 239 . 92. This is the thesis of Trigger and Pendergast in Cartier's ...
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... Thevet's Specimens of the Indian Language , " 239 . 77. Thevet , Cosmographie ( L'Huillier ) , 913 . 78. Supra , 19 . 79. Morison , European Discovery , 502 . 80. Thevet , " Grand Insulaire , " 150v . Ganong says that Thevet did not ...
... Thevet's Specimens of the Indian Language , " 239 . 77. Thevet , Cosmographie ( L'Huillier ) , 913 . 78. Supra , 19 . 79. Morison , European Discovery , 502 . 80. Thevet , " Grand Insulaire , " 150v . Ganong says that Thevet did not ...
Contents
PARTI American Discoveries and European Images | 1 |
Early Contacts of Amerindians and Frenchmen | 87 |
Amerindians in Europe | 203 |
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