The French Overseas Empire
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Praeger Paperback
Published: October 30, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780275975432
Subjects: European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland); Indigenous peoples; World history; History; History - General History; History: World; Empires & historical states; Europe; Europe - General; International Relations - General; World - General; History / Europe / General; Europe - France; General
First sentence: systematic design, of the effects of individual traders or small business groups who believed they knew of a profitable route to the East and set out to explore it, or stubborn individuals who established obscure outposts to further commercial, military, or religious ends. Generally, the French government was a sometimes player whose interests blew hot and cold.