Encounters between British and “indigenous” peoples, C.1500-C.1800

Empire and Others: British Encounters with Indigenous Peoples 1600-1850

Volumn , Issue , 2020, Pages 42-78

  Morgan, Philip D ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781003076711-3     Document Type: Chapter

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