Pioneers of France in the New World

by Francis Parkman

Book Overview

In the sixteenth century, Spain claimed the fabled New World, and a rash of explorers sailed there seeking riches and, most famously, a fountain of youth. Although France made inroads into Florida, ultimately the French, like the Spanish, failed to establish dominion over North America. Francis Parkman tells why. The first part of Pioneers of France in the New World deals with the attempts of the Spanish and the French Huguenots to occupy Florida;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803287445
• ISBN13: 9780803287440
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Length: 473 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.3" x 7.9"