Navegantes franceses y el descubrimiento de América, siglos XVI, XVII y XVIII
By: Philipe Bonnichon ; [traducción, Irene Echevarría Soriano].
Series: Colecciones MAPFRE 1492; Colección Mar y América ;; 17
Publisher: Editorial MAPFRE
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Madrid
Language: spa
Number of pages: 389
Subjects: Explorers -- America -- History.; America -- Discovery and exploration -- French.; America -- Civilization -- French influences.
Description: "Synthesis of French role in the Americas and impact of the Americas on France. Examines not only the exploratory expeditions but also settlements in Guiana, the Caribbean, and Canada. Three of Bonnichon's 14 chapters assess the French intellectual response to the Americas as reflected in philosophy, literature, and science"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-379) and indexes.
Translated from the French.