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 149
... seemed to believe that the scope of such an enterprise would attract unruly nobility as well as rogues from among the masses . In spite of such considerations , to be named leader of a colonizing expedition was considered to be an honor ...
... seemed to believe that the scope of such an enterprise would attract unruly nobility as well as rogues from among the masses . In spite of such considerations , to be named leader of a colonizing expedition was considered to be an honor ...
Page 165
... seemed the grossest treachery to the Stadaconans . One can but wonder if the two were as pleased as Cartier seemed to believe when the French dressed them in shirts and ribbons and put red caps on their heads and brass chains about ...
... seemed the grossest treachery to the Stadaconans . One can but wonder if the two were as pleased as Cartier seemed to believe when the French dressed them in shirts and ribbons and put red caps on their heads and brass chains about ...
Page 263
... seemed as though everything we touched , even the bread , was penetrated with it . ” 80 That the French eventually accommodated themselves to boucan is evident from the rise of the boucanniers - buccaneers , in the West Indies during ...
... seemed as though everything we touched , even the bread , was penetrated with it . ” 80 That the French eventually accommodated themselves to boucan is evident from the rise of the boucanniers - buccaneers , in the West Indies during ...
Contents
PARTI American Discoveries and European Images | 1 |
Early Contacts of Amerindians and Frenchmen | 87 |
Amerindians in Europe | 203 |
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