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

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Raynal abbé, (Guillaume-Thomas-François) 1713-1796
Subjects
Colonization -- History; Colonialismo - Historia - Obras anteriores a 1800.; East Indies
Contents
  • 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
  • Bk. 19. Conclusion.
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