A philosophical and political history of the settlements and trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies / translated from the French of the Abbe Raynal by J. Justamond
Raynal abbé, (Guillaume-Thomas-François) 1713-1796
Bk. 1. Discoveries, wars and conquests of the Portuguese in the East Indies
Bk. 2. Settlements, wars, policies and commerce of the Dutch in the East Indies
Bk. 3. Settlements, trade and conquests of the English in the East Indies
Bk. 4. Voyages, settlements, wars and commerce of the French in the East Indies
Bk. 5. Commerce of Denmark, Ostend, Sweden, Prussia, Spain and Russia in the East Indies : important questions concerning links between Europe and the Indies
Bk. 6. The discovery of America : the conquest of Mexico : Spanish settlements in this part of the new world
Bk. 7. The Spanish conquest of Peru : changes in this empire since it acquired new rulers
Bk. 8. The Spanish conquest of Chile and Paraguay : events accompanying and following the invasion : principles on which Spain organizes its colonies
Bk. 9. The Portuguese settle in Brazil : wars they waged there : products and wealth of this colony
Bk. 10. The European nations become established in the great American archipelago
Bk. 11. The Europeans go into Africa to buy men to cultivate the plantations of the West Indies : conduct of this trade : what is produced by the labour of the slaves
Bk. 12. Settlements of the Spanish, the Dutch and the Danes in the American islands
Bk. 13. French settlements in the American islands
Bk. 14. British settlements in the American islands
Bk. 15. French settlements in North America : on what was their hope of prosperity based? : what was the result of these projects?
Bk. 16. A new order is established in the French colonies of North America : what is the result of these new projects?
Bk. 17. The British colonies in the territories of Hudson Bay, Canada, Ile Saint-Jean, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New England, New York and New Jersey
Bk. 18. The British colonies founded in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Carolina, Georgia and Florida : general reflections on all these settlements
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