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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... acceptance by geographers perhaps because it was already in popular use . Its origins are uncertain ; it may have been adapted by early voyagers from aboriginal place names that had been found along the coasts of Brazil , Guiana , and ...
... acceptance by geographers perhaps because it was already in popular use . Its origins are uncertain ; it may have been adapted by early voyagers from aboriginal place names that had been found along the coasts of Brazil , Guiana , and ...
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... accepted the nuns ' offer to care for the sick . In fact , they took advantage of it by leaving infants , the aged , and the infirm at the hospital , pleased not to be faced with the necessity of killing , or leaving behind to die ...
... accepted the nuns ' offer to care for the sick . In fact , they took advantage of it by leaving infants , the aged , and the infirm at the hospital , pleased not to be faced with the necessity of killing , or leaving behind to die ...
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... accepted version of the origin of the name “ Canada ” was that it derived from the Spanish “ el cabo de nada ” ( cape of nothing ) or “ aca nada ” ( nothing here ) . That was how Canada was reportedly assessed by Juan de Agramonte , who ...
... accepted version of the origin of the name “ Canada ” was that it derived from the Spanish “ el cabo de nada ” ( cape of nothing ) or “ aca nada ” ( nothing here ) . That was how Canada was reportedly assessed by Juan de Agramonte , who ...
Contents
PARTI American Discoveries and European Images | 1 |
Early Contacts of Amerindians and Frenchmen | 87 |
Amerindians in Europe | 203 |
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