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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... called white , and whatever is hot can be called black.8 Ptolemy's theory was used by Le Roy without modification . The Ptolemaic explanation of the colors of mankind , which had appeared so logical in the Old World , simply did not ...
... called white , and whatever is hot can be called black.8 Ptolemy's theory was used by Le Roy without modification . The Ptolemaic explanation of the colors of mankind , which had appeared so logical in the Old World , simply did not ...
Page 64
... called indios bravos . The French initially referred to New World men as hommes , gens , habitants , indigènes , or most likely , cannibales . The Germans , interested but not so directly involved , opted for indianer . It is ...
... called indios bravos . The French initially referred to New World men as hommes , gens , habitants , indigènes , or most likely , cannibales . The Germans , interested but not so directly involved , opted for indianer . It is ...
Page 289
... called pillotoas ( pilotuas ) who conversed with discovery of the New World , two of them called Inter Cae- devils ( de Laet , L'Histoire du Nouveau Monde , 50 ; Chamtera . The texts and bibliographies of all four are repro- plain ...
... called pillotoas ( pilotuas ) who conversed with discovery of the New World , two of them called Inter Cae- devils ( de Laet , L'Histoire du Nouveau Monde , 50 ; Chamtera . The texts and bibliographies of all four are repro- plain ...
Contents
PARTI American Discoveries and European Images | 1 |
Early Contacts of Amerindians and Frenchmen | 87 |
Amerindians in Europe | 203 |
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