Cabot to Cartier : Sources for a Historical Ethnography of Northeastern North America 1497-1550 / Bernard Hoffman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoffman, Bernard, author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--North America.

Ethnology.

America--Discovery and exploration.

America.

North America--Historical geography--Maps.

North America.

North America--History--Sources--Bibliography.

Genre:

Maps.

History.

Bibliographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This study was prepared in an attempt to clarify seemingly contradictory interpretations of the early history of the discovery of North America, as well as to survey the early historical sources which may contribute to an ethno-historical study of the Indians of those coasts first explored. A major part of the book is devoted to a re-analysis of the cartographical materials and to an attempt to present a more logical interpretation of this material. In the course of this attempt the work discusses and rejects previously widely held viewpoints concerning the early exploration of North America and the development of North American cartography. A new hypothesis is presented in this respect and is shown to fit the available evidence more adequately. The study also reconsiders the documentary materials deriving from the Cartier voyages and develops new conclusions concerning their origin, particularly with respect to the so-called "Cartier vocabularies." This is a pioneer summary and original analysis based upon exhaustive research, and is the most comprehensive collation available to scholars; in combination with the recent map bibliography published by the Public Archives, it will be of great aid to research students. Dr. Hoffman's hypotheses are brilliantly presented and highly stimulating. The line-cut illustrations and listing of nomenclature are most valuable.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CABOT TO CARTIER

PREFACE

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

I. Introduction

II. The Voyages of John Cabot

III. The Explorations of Fernandes

IV. The Voyage of Sebastian Cabot

V. The Voyages of the Cortereals

VI. Voyages from Cortereal to Verrazano

VII. The Cartography of North America before Verrazano

VIII. The Voyages of Verrazano, Cartier, Gomez, and the English

IX. The Cartography of North America from Verrazano to Cartier

X. The Cartier Voyages, 1534-43

XI. The Provenience of the Cartier Relations

XII. The Provenience of the Cartier Vocabularies

XIII. The Cartography of the Cartier Voyages

XIV. Alphonse, Thevet, and Barcia

XV. The Abortive English Expedition of 1536: The Homem Cartography of Cape Breton

XVI. Ethnographic Problems

XVII. Conclusions

APPENDIX

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 04. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-9015-6

1-4875-9954-4

OCLC:

1121057577