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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... armed with artillery was not only technologically but also morally superior to a Pagan armed with bows and arrows in a canoe.60 In the words of an anonymous sixteenthcentury writer , although they have been formed by as many different ...
... armed with artillery was not only technologically but also morally superior to a Pagan armed with bows and arrows in a canoe.60 In the words of an anonymous sixteenthcentury writer , although they have been formed by as many different ...
Page 113
... armed with guns secured in trade with the French.133 Nevertheless , they appear to have been effective enough , at least during the first half of the sixteenth century , to handicap French allies in the face of the better armed enemy ...
... armed with guns secured in trade with the French.133 Nevertheless , they appear to have been effective enough , at least during the first half of the sixteenth century , to handicap French allies in the face of the better armed enemy ...
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... armed vessels against the Newfoundland natives in retalia- Relation of the New - found - land " in Purchas , Hakluytus tion for the killing of two sailors ( Biggar , Early Trading Posthumus 19 : 438 . Companies , 194-95 , and Cartier ...
... armed vessels against the Newfoundland natives in retalia- Relation of the New - found - land " in Purchas , Hakluytus tion for the killing of two sailors ( Biggar , Early Trading Posthumus 19 : 438 . Companies , 194-95 , and Cartier ...
Contents
PARTI American Discoveries and European Images | 1 |
Early Contacts of Amerindians and Frenchmen | 87 |
Amerindians in Europe | 203 |
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