From John Cabot to Henry Hudson : early European arrivals in northeastern and mid-Atlantic North America / James F. Hancock.

Author/creator Hancock, James F. author.
Format Book
PublicationJefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2025.
Descriptionpages cm
Subjects
Indians of North America--First contact with other peoples.
North America--Discovery and exploration. --European. --History.
North America--Colonization.
Europe--Colonies. --America.

Contents Machine generated contents note: Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: North Atlantic America Before the Europeans Arrived -- One. Newfoundland: The First European Touchpoint, 1497-1527 -- Two. Jacques Cartier's Voyages of Discovery: 1534-1542 -- Three. Fool's Gold: The Arctic Expeditions of Martin Frobisher, 1576-1578 -- Four. The Arctic Voyages of John Davis: 1585-1587 -- Five. English and French Expeditions to the North Atlantic: 1578-1621 -- Six. L'Acadie: The French Begin a Fur Trading Empire, 1588-1603 -- Seven. Pierre Dugua de Monts's Colonies at Saint Croix and Port Royal: 1603-1606 -- Eight. English Expeditions to New England: 1602-1605 -- Nine. Samuel de Champlain and the Founding of Québec: 1608-1635 -- Ten. The Virginia Companies and the First Two Attempts to Settle Maine: 1607-1608 -- Eleven. The Founding of Jamestown by the London Company: 1606-1608 -- Twelve. Jamestown Teeters but Survives: 1608-1622 -- Thirteen. John Smith's Chesapeake Voyages: 1608 -- Fourteen. The Enduring Dream of Ferdinando Gorges: 1611-1619 -- Fifteen. Henry Hudson and the Early Dutch Expeditions: 1609-1621 -- Epilogue: Northern Atlantic America in the Early Seventeenth Century -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract "The history of how North Atlantic America was revealed to the Europeans in the 16th and early 17th centuries is largely forgotten. This book seeks to remedy that, describing the English, French and Dutch expeditions to North America before the Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth Rock. Drawing extensively on firsthand accounts of explorers, this history spans the precolonial period from John Cabot's discovery of Newfoundland in 1497 to the founding of Jamestown in 1607. The French and English expeditions into the North Atlantic searching for cod, gold, and a route to China came first, followed by Jaques Cartier's and other French fur trading activities in the St. Lawrence River Valley, and then a series of French and English expeditions along the New England coast in pursuit of cod and furs. The pre-colonial period would end after Henry Hudson's exploits in New York Harbor and Hudson Bay. Central to the story of European discovery was their contacts with the dense populations of Indigenous people and the effect their presence had on tribal cultures. What generally began as friendly interactions almost always turned ugly as the Europeans pushed for land, and their diseases raced through the native people. This exhaustively researched book presents many such events from an understudied period of European exploration"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2025010288
ISBN9781476695778
ISBN1476695776
ISBNebook

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