The Great Encounter: Native Peoples and European Settlers in the Americas, 1492-1800: Native Peoples and European Settlers in the Americas, 1492-1800

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Traditional histories of North and South The usa frequently leave the impression that Native American peoples had little have an effect on at the colonies and empires established by Europeans after 1492. This groundbreaking study, which spans more than 300 years, demonstrates the agency of indigenous peoples in forging their own history and that of the Western Hemisphere. By putting the story of the indigenous peoples and their encounters with Europeans at the center, a new history of the “New World” emerges in which the Native Americans change into vibrant and vitally vital components of the British, French, Spanish, and Portuguese empires. In truth, their presence used to be the single most vital factor in the development of the colonial world. By discussing the “great encounter” of peoples and cultures, this book provides a valuable, new standpoint at the history of the Americas.

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