The European Struggle to Settle North America
Author | : Margaret F. Pickett |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2014-01-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0786462213 |
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This history of early European colonial efforts in North America (specifically, the portion north of Mexico and the Caribbean) examines why three colonies-St. Augustine, Jamestown and Quebec-succeeded where many before them had failed. Chapters cover Columbus' exploration and the Treaty of Tordesillas; other Spanish explorers and settlements in the New World; French attempts at settlement prior to Quebec; early English settlements, including Roanoke; failed settlements dating to the Norse enclaves on Greenland; and in-depth studies of the three colonies that survived.