Project Gutenberg 2016-02-23 Public domain in the USA. 397 Winsor, Justin 1831 1897 Narrative and Critical History of America, Vol. 4 (of 8) French Explorations and Settlements in North America and Those of the Portuguese, Dutch, and Swedes 1500-1700 E-text prepared by Giovanni Fini, Dianna Adair, Bryan Ness, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (https://archive.org/details/americana) "Narrative and Critical History of America, Vol. 4" by Justin Winsor is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This volume focuses on the French explorations and settlements in North America, detailing the activities of the French, Portuguese, Dutch, and Swedes from 1500 to 1700. The book provides a thorough examination of the early colonial endeavors in America, mapping the interactions among various European powers and their influences on indigenous peoples. At the start of the work, Winsor introduces the general physiography of North America, emphasizing its geographic characteristics and how these profoundly shaped human settlement and interaction. The opening portion elaborates on the differences between the Americas and the Old World in terms of geography, climate, and soil, analyzing how these factors allowed for diverse patterns of habitation. It sets the stage for exploring the European encroachments into North America, highlighting the unique conditions that influenced the early colonial experiences and eventual interactions with Native American populations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 70.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en America -- Discovery and exploration United States -- History America -- History E011 Text Category: History - American Category: History - European Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) 2556145 2025-07-20T13:19:22.453839 text/html 2468488 2024-10-23T00:06:01 text/html 6816068 2025-07-20T13:20:07.312661 application/epub+zip 6870407 2025-07-20T13:19:31.362812 application/epub+zip 901883 2025-07-20T13:19:26.888873 application/epub+zip 7530301 2025-07-20T13:20:29.829556 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 7458775 2025-07-20T13:20:02.130640 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1532738 2022-09-23T10:52:53.363491 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1828416 2025-07-20T13:19:14.973920 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1808311 2024-10-23T00:06:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17653 2025-07-20T13:20:30.056512 application/rdf+xml 14462 2025-07-20T13:19:27.397813 image/jpeg 2835 2025-07-20T13:19:27.150825 image/jpeg 6637839 2025-07-20T13:19:23.268880 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia