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The History of Philip's War commonly called the Great Indian War of 1675 & 1676 / by Church, Benjamin, 1639-1718

Subjects: “…King Philip's War, 1675-1676.…”
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The History of Philip's War commonly called the Great Indian War of 1675 & 1676 / by Church, Benjamin, 1639-1718

Subjects: “…King Philip's War, 1675-1676.…”
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The elusive West and the contest for empire, 1713-1763 / by Mapp, Paul W.

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The elusive West and the contest for empire, 1713-1763 / by Mapp, Paul W.

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New worlds of violence cultures and conquests in the early American Southeast / by Jennings, Matthew, 1976-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : cultures of violence -- Violence in the Mississippian world -- Spanish and Mississippian violence -- The fight for Florida -- Violence after the entrada -- Creating English conquest -- Violence and the founding of English Carolina -- Violence in the era of the Yamasee War -- American nations, American violence.…”
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New worlds of violence cultures and conquests in the early American Southeast / by Jennings, Matthew, 1976-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : cultures of violence -- Violence in the Mississippian world -- Spanish and Mississippian violence -- The fight for Florida -- Violence after the entrada -- Creating English conquest -- Violence and the founding of English Carolina -- Violence in the era of the Yamasee War -- American nations, American violence.…”
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Bárbaros Spaniards and their savages in the Age of Enlightenment / by Weber, David J.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Savants, savages, and new sensibilities -- Savages and Spaniards: natives transformed -- The science of creating men -- A good war or a bad peace? -- Trading, gifting, and treating -- Crossing borders -- Epilogue: Insurgents and savages, from inclusion to exclusion.…”
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Bárbaros Spaniards and their savages in the Age of Enlightenment / by Weber, David J.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Savants, savages, and new sensibilities -- Savages and Spaniards: natives transformed -- The science of creating men -- A good war or a bad peace? -- Trading, gifting, and treating -- Crossing borders -- Epilogue: Insurgents and savages, from inclusion to exclusion.…”
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The Portuguese in West Africa, 1415-1670 : a documentary history /

Table of Contents: “…The Portuguese in Morocco -- The early voyages to West Africa -- The Atlantic islands -- The upper Guinea coast and Sierra Leone -- Elmina and Benin -- Discovery of the kingdom of Kongo -- Angola, Paulo Dias and the founding of Luanda -- The slave trade -- Conflict in the kingdom of Kongo in the 1560s -- Christianity in the Kongo -- The Angolan wars -- People and places.…”
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The Portuguese in West Africa, 1415-1670 : a documentary history /

Table of Contents: “…The Portuguese in Morocco -- The early voyages to West Africa -- The Atlantic islands -- The upper Guinea coast and Sierra Leone -- Elmina and Benin -- Discovery of the kingdom of Kongo -- Angola, Paulo Dias and the founding of Luanda -- The slave trade -- Conflict in the kingdom of Kongo in the 1560s -- Christianity in the Kongo -- The Angolan wars -- People and places.…”
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A river running west the life of John Wesley Powell / by Worster, Donald, 1941-

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: Part One: Northern Days -- 1 A MISSION TO AMERICA -- 2 RISING ON THE PRAIRIE -- 3 THE HORNETS' NEST OF WAR -- Part Two: Canyons of the Colorado -- 4 WESTWARD THE NATURALIST -- 5 DOWN THE GREAT UNKNOWN -- 6 SURVEYING THE HIGH PLATEAUS -- 7 KAPURATS -- 8 THE SUBLIMEST THING ON EARTH -- 9 DEMOCRACY ENCOUNTERS THE DESERT -- 10 MYTHS AND MAPS -- 11 REDEEMING THE EARTH -- 12 THE PROBLEM OF THE WEST -- 13 JOURNEY'S END -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.…”
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A river running west the life of John Wesley Powell / by Worster, Donald, 1941-

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: Part One: Northern Days -- 1 A MISSION TO AMERICA -- 2 RISING ON THE PRAIRIE -- 3 THE HORNETS' NEST OF WAR -- Part Two: Canyons of the Colorado -- 4 WESTWARD THE NATURALIST -- 5 DOWN THE GREAT UNKNOWN -- 6 SURVEYING THE HIGH PLATEAUS -- 7 KAPURATS -- 8 THE SUBLIMEST THING ON EARTH -- 9 DEMOCRACY ENCOUNTERS THE DESERT -- 10 MYTHS AND MAPS -- 11 REDEEMING THE EARTH -- 12 THE PROBLEM OF THE WEST -- 13 JOURNEY'S END -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.…”
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A fleeting empire early Stuart Britain and the merchant adventurers to Canada / by Nicholls, Andrew D., 1965-

Table of Contents: “…The Huron Mission and the promise of New France -- Early English and British expeditions in the North Atlantic Theatre -- King James VI/I and the challenge of Anglo-Scottish co-operation -- The poet courtier : Sir William Alexander and his charter -- The paper Colony : Charles's privateers and the proxy war -- The demands of honour and Charles I's unfolding strategy -- A man of controversy : James Stewart of Killeith, fourth Lord Ochiltree -- Mixed motives and the company of merchant adventurers to Canada -- Shifting loyalties and the case of the embezzled furs -- Lord Ochiltree's Gamble and the abandonment of Port Royal -- The treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye and the end of a partnership.…”
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A fleeting empire early Stuart Britain and the merchant adventurers to Canada / by Nicholls, Andrew D., 1965-

Table of Contents: “…The Huron Mission and the promise of New France -- Early English and British expeditions in the North Atlantic Theatre -- King James VI/I and the challenge of Anglo-Scottish co-operation -- The poet courtier : Sir William Alexander and his charter -- The paper Colony : Charles's privateers and the proxy war -- The demands of honour and Charles I's unfolding strategy -- A man of controversy : James Stewart of Killeith, fourth Lord Ochiltree -- Mixed motives and the company of merchant adventurers to Canada -- Shifting loyalties and the case of the embezzled furs -- Lord Ochiltree's Gamble and the abandonment of Port Royal -- The treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye and the end of a partnership.…”
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Mapping and empire soldier-engineers on the southwestern frontier /

Table of Contents: “…Army Engineer's View of the U.S.-Mexican War / Gerald D. Saxon -- 6. Trabajos Desconocidos, Ingenieros Olvidados: Unknown Works and Forgotten Engineers of the Mexican Boundary Commission / Paula Rebert -- 7. …”
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Mapping and empire soldier-engineers on the southwestern frontier /

Table of Contents: “…Army Engineer's View of the U.S.-Mexican War / Gerald D. Saxon -- 6. Trabajos Desconocidos, Ingenieros Olvidados: Unknown Works and Forgotten Engineers of the Mexican Boundary Commission / Paula Rebert -- 7. …”
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