first contact with europeans

This book tells how North and South America were conquered and settled by the Spanish, Portuguese, French, and British between 1600 and 1800.

Discusses the culture of Native Americans in North America and how exploration and early colonization affected them.

Examines the life of the Indian princess Pocahontas and her contact with English settlers, especially John Smith.

Profiles six European conquests, including the conquest over the Caribbean Islands, the Central Valley of Mexico, the Andes and Western South America, and the Amazon Basin.

An account of Columbus's voyage links descriptions of life in various countries in fifteenth-century Europe with those of life among various Indians in the New World.