The Southern Frontier 1670-1732 /
This volume recounts the clashes and intrigues that played out over the landscape of the Old Southwest and across six decades as the Spanish, French, British, and ultimately Americans vied for control. Rivalry began soon after initial discovery, mapping, and exploration as the world powers, particul...
| Основен автор: | Crane, Verner W., 1889-1974. |
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| Други автори: | Hahn, Steven. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
℗♭2004.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=420104 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Southern frontier, 1670-1732. |
| Резюме: |
This volume recounts the clashes and intrigues that played out over the landscape of the Old Southwest and across six decades as the Spanish, French, British, and ultimately Americans vied for control. Rivalry began soon after initial discovery, mapping, and exploration as the world powers, particularly England and France, competed for control of the lucrative fur trade in the Mississippi valley. The French attempted to establish trade networks stretching from the Atlantic Ocean inland to the Mississippi River and northward from ports on the Gulf of Mexico to the Ohio River. But they found the. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xxvii, 391 pages) : map |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-356) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780817384029 0817384022 |