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Fascinating Primary Sources on the French Colony in Florida,
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This review is from: Three Voyages (Paperback)
This book contains the manuscripts of Rene Laudonniere describing French attempts to explore and colonize what are now Florida, Georgia and South Carolina in the 1560s. Edited and translated by Congressman Charles E. Bennett, "Three Voyages" covers the failed attempt to secure this region for France. Laudonniere was not the most memorable of writers but this book touches on Native American life, religious conflict and the various jockeying for position as Spain and France looked to secure this important part of the New World.
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Most authentic history of the exploration of Florida,
By lorax "lorax" (Jacksonville, FL, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Three Voyages (Paperback)
What could be more authentic than a first-hand account? This book consists of the journal of René Laudonniére who was on the first three voyages of the French to Florida. The descriptions of the natives and their culture and life-styles are from the view of a European seeing the new world for the first time. Interesting story of conflicts, mutinies, and hardship as well as attempts at understanding, and misunderstanding. This is interesting to anyone interested in the Florida Indians, early colonization, and First Contact. There are three sides to this story. The French, the Spanish, and the natives. This is the French side of the story of First Contact and it has authenticity because it is a first person account.
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Three Voyages by René Goulaine de Laudonnière (Paperback - May 11, 2001)
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