Project Gutenberg 2010-10-16 Public domain in the USA. 68 Lucas, Charles Prestwood, Sir 1853 1931 Lucas, C. P. (Charles Prestwood), Sir A Historical Geography of the British Colonies, Vol. V Canada—Part I, Historical Reading ease score: 67.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Ron Swanson "A Historical Geography of the British Colonies, Vol. V" by C. P. Lucas is a detailed historical account written in the early 20th century. This volume, focused on Canada and specifically on the era of New France, explores the intricate and significant colonial history of France in North America, its interactions with local Indigenous populations, and its eventual competition with British colonial interests. The book discusses the motivations behind colonization, geographical contexts, and the evolution of settlement patterns in what is now Canada. The opening of the work sets the stage by providing a chronological account of early European exploration in North America, detailing the British possessions in the region and contextualizing their acquisition. It examines the motivations of various explorers, including John Cabot and Samuel de Champlain, while emphasizing the role of geography in the development of colonial strategies. The text discusses how North America was slower to attract settlers compared to Central and South America, and introduces key themes such as the dynamics between European powers, the influence of geography on colonization efforts, and the role of Indigenous peoples in the historical narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Canada -- History -- To 1763 (New France) JV Text Browsing: Politics 1366354 1140419 2024-10-14T10:58:14.683475 2023-09-15T05:24:50.841631 text/html text/html 996592 2021-01-07T02:38:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 877967 2021-01-07T02:38:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 997973 2024-10-14T10:58:40.609849 application/epub+zip 1021477 2024-10-14T10:58:20.688479 application/epub+zip 419249 2024-10-14T10:58:18.033457 application/epub+zip 1586139 2024-10-14T10:58:52.419840 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1396124 2024-10-14T10:58:38.453866 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 694498 2022-09-15T13:29:41.199397 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 796018 796012 2024-10-14T10:58:03.002558 2023-09-15T05:24:42.744567 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 795758 2021-01-07T02:38:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 288454 2021-01-07T02:38:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 795751 2021-01-07T02:38:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 288258 2021-01-07T02:38:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21003 2024-10-14T10:58:52.603795 application/rdf+xml 22292 2024-10-14T10:58:18.848456 image/jpeg 4513 2024-10-14T10:58:18.442656 image/jpeg 996408 2024-10-14T10:58:14.774478 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia