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In search of empire : the French in the Americas, 1670-1730

In Search of Empire is the first full account of how, during 1670 and 1730, French settlers came to the Americas. Bringing together much new evidence, it examines how they and thousands of African slaves together with American Indians constructed settlements and produced and traded commodities for export

eBook, English, 2004
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004