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 184
... Tupinambá , 8 whose people occupied the lands from the São Paulo region northward . Although fragmented into a bewildering variety of warring tribes , all of the Tupinambá - Guaraní displayed similarities in language and lifestyle that ...
... Tupinambá , 8 whose people occupied the lands from the São Paulo region northward . Although fragmented into a bewildering variety of warring tribes , all of the Tupinambá - Guaraní displayed similarities in language and lifestyle that ...
Page 190
... Tupinambá and Tamoyos , by Villegaignon's time an association of long standing . The importance of this alliance to the French is illustrated by an episode that concerned a German , Hans Staden , who had been a prisoner of the Tupinambá ...
... Tupinambá and Tamoyos , by Villegaignon's time an association of long standing . The importance of this alliance to the French is illustrated by an episode that concerned a German , Hans Staden , who had been a prisoner of the Tupinambá ...
Page 217
... Tupinambá quickly succumbed under the pressures of an unaccustomed lifestyle ; the remaining three were prepared for baptism , scheduled for Saint Jean - Baptiste day at the church of the Capuchins , which was richly decorated for the ...
... Tupinambá quickly succumbed under the pressures of an unaccustomed lifestyle ; the remaining three were prepared for baptism , scheduled for Saint Jean - Baptiste day at the church of the Capuchins , which was richly decorated for the ...
Contents
PARTI American Discoveries and European Images | 1 |
Early Contacts of Amerindians and Frenchmen | 87 |
Amerindians in Europe | 203 |
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