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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... imperial organization ; and in confronting the Peruvians , the Spaniards were greatly aided by the disloyalty of the yanaconas , who constituted the clerk - servant - craftsman class . In the northern regions of North America , lack of ...
... imperial organization ; and in confronting the Peruvians , the Spaniards were greatly aided by the disloyalty of the yanaconas , who constituted the clerk - servant - craftsman class . In the northern regions of North America , lack of ...
Page 139
... imperial and commercial rivalries , had risked being persecuted for heresy whenever they had ventured into the New World . " The mercantile cities in Normandy and Brittany were the principal agents for French transatlantic initiative ...
... imperial and commercial rivalries , had risked being persecuted for heresy whenever they had ventured into the New World . " The mercantile cities in Normandy and Brittany were the principal agents for French transatlantic initiative ...
Page 351
... Imperial Race - . French pioneers in the West Indies , 1624-1664 . New Relations . " History and Archaeology 6 ( 1976 ) : 1-206 . York : Columbia University Press , 1940 . “ Renaissance Europe's View of Amerindian SovereignCumming ...
... Imperial Race - . French pioneers in the West Indies , 1624-1664 . New Relations . " History and Archaeology 6 ( 1976 ) : 1-206 . York : Columbia University Press , 1940 . “ Renaissance Europe's View of Amerindian SovereignCumming ...
Contents
PARTI American Discoveries and European Images | 1 |
Early Contacts of Amerindians and Frenchmen | 87 |
Amerindians in Europe | 203 |
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