- History, Jesuits, Plains of Abraham, Battle of the, Québec, 1759, Canada Seven Years' War, 1755-1763
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.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and cool.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Francis Parkman
- First published
- 1865
- Pages
- 75
- Publisher
- Le traducteur, F. Ungar Pub. Co., Cambridge University Press
- Editions
- 24
- Language
- English, French
- ISBN
- 9780940450110
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- History
- Jesuits
- Plains of Abraham, Battle of the, Québec, 1759
- Canada Seven Years' War, 1755-1763
- Canada -- History -- To 1763 (New France)
- Canada, history, to 1763 (new france)
- Champlain, samuel de, 1567-1635
- Huguenots
- New france, discovery and exploration
- Frontenac, louis de buade, comte de, 1620-1698
- United states, history, colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Historian, eponymous son of the Unitarian cleric
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