Cannibal Encounters
Europeans and Island Caribs, 1492–1763
Nonfiction, History, Americas, Latin America
| Author: | Philip P. Boucher | ISBN: | 9781421401645 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press | Publication: | May 25, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Philip P. Boucher |
| ISBN: | 9781421401645 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Publication: | May 25, 2009 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Philip Boucher analyzes the images—and the realities—of European relations with the people known as Island Caribs during the first three centuries after Columbus. Based on literary sources, travelers' observations, and missionary accounts, as well as on French and English colonial archives and administrative correspondence, Cannibal Encounters offers a vivid portrait of a troubled chapter in the history of European-Amerindian relations.
Philip Boucher analyzes the images—and the realities—of European relations with the people known as Island Caribs during the first three centuries after Columbus. Based on literary sources, travelers' observations, and missionary accounts, as well as on French and English colonial archives and administrative correspondence, Cannibal Encounters offers a vivid portrait of a troubled chapter in the history of European-Amerindian relations.
