Cannibal Encounters: Europeans and Island Caribs, 1492–1763Winner of the French Colonial Historical Society's Alf Andrew Heggoy Book Prize Philip Boucher analyzes the images—and the realities—of European relations with the people known as Island Caribs during the first three centuries after Columbus. Based on literary sources, travelers' observations, and missionary accounts, as well as on French and English colonial archives and administrative correspondence, Cannibal Encounters offers a vivid portrait of a troubled chapter in the history of European-Amerindian relations. |
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Page 63
... reached out across the Atlantic where their colonies had become economic adjuncts of the dynamic Dutch commercial network . Reining in the colonies was a slow process , in part because of astounding metro- politan ignorance of overseas ...
... reached out across the Atlantic where their colonies had become economic adjuncts of the dynamic Dutch commercial network . Reining in the colonies was a slow process , in part because of astounding metro- politan ignorance of overseas ...
Page 85
... reached a crescendo.136 But also note that the English action quite literally decimated the Domini- can bowmen . If the total Indian population can be estimated at some three thousand , surely there were not much more than eight hundred ...
... reached a crescendo.136 But also note that the English action quite literally decimated the Domini- can bowmen . If the total Indian population can be estimated at some three thousand , surely there were not much more than eight hundred ...
Page 87
... reached exhaustion . 143 But French islanders were not in much better con- dition , because in 1677 d'Estrées had stripped the colonies of men and materials for his spectacularly failed assault on Curaçao . 144 The proposed treaty of ...
... reached exhaustion . 143 But French islanders were not in much better con- dition , because in 1677 d'Estrées had stripped the colonies of men and materials for his spectacularly failed assault on Curaçao . 144 The proposed treaty of ...
Contents
Europeans and Island Caribs in | 13 |
EuroCarib Relations during | 31 |
The Island Carib Struggle | 61 |
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