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x, 331 pages : 24 cm This book chronicles the rise and fall of the French empire on the mainland of North America and the West Indies, from the arrival of the Breton, Norman and Basque fishermen on the Grand Banks around 1500 to the sale of Louisiana to the United States in 1803. It depicts the establishment of Baroque civilization and the attempt of the establishment of industries and commerce from the slave plantations of the south to the fur trade posts of the far northwest, and discusses the colonists of other European powers "Revised edition"--t.p Includes bibliographical references and index False starts 1500-1632 -- Merchants and missionaries, 1632-1663 -- Colbert's colonies, 1663-1713 -- The long peace, 1713-1744 -- The slave colones, 1683-1748 -- The pre-emptive conquest, 1749-1763 -- Aftermath, 1760-1783

Author

William John Eccles

Publisher

Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Limited

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9781554551668

Subjects

History, Humanities