French trade Revue française d'histoire d'outremer The Brazilian connection A look at the origin of French techniques for trading with Amerindians Olive Patricia Dickason Citer ce document Cite this document Dickason Olive Patricia The Brazilian connectio

Revue française d'histoire d'outremer The Brazilian connection A look at the origin of French techniques for trading with Amerindians Olive Patricia Dickason Citer ce document Cite this document Dickason Olive Patricia The Brazilian connection A look at the origin of French techniques for trading with Amerindians In Revue française d'histoire d'outre-mer tome n - e et e trimestres pp - doi https doi org outre https www persee fr doc outre - num Fichier pdf généré le CAbstract It is widely believed that it was in the North American fur trade that the French learned their techniques for dealing with Amerindians a type of diplomacy in which they excelled An examination of the record however reveals that the French had the bene ?t of considérable expérience gained in South America where they had also pioneered commercial relations with Amerindian trading for brazilwood and other tropical products This Franco- Brazilian trade lasted throughout the sixteenth century beginning much earlier and peaking sooner than the northern fur trade While it lasted it was France's major commercial enterprise in the New World as long as brazilwood was a major source for the red dye in high demand for the burgeoning textile trade This Brazilian experience does much to explain why the French were able to seize the initiative and maintain their dominance in the fur trade for as long as they where a colonial présence in North America Résumé On pense en général que c'est par le commerce des fourrures en Amérique du Nord que les Français ont appris leurs techniques pour tra ?quer avec les Amérindiens un genre de diplomatie o? ils excellèrent Cependant l'examen des archives révèle que les Français béné ?cièrent d'une grande expérience acquise en Amérique du Sud o? ils furent aussi à l'origine de relations commerciales avec les Amérindiens concernant le bois de brésil et autres produits tropicaux Ce commerce francobrésilien dura pendant tout le XVIe siècle débutant plus tôt et croissant plus vite que le tra ?c des fourrures dans le Nord Ce fut la principale entreprise commerciale française dans le Nouveau Monde aussi longtemps que le brésil fut la source essentielle de la teinture rouge demandée sur le marché textile en expansion Cette expérience brésilienne explique largement pourquoi les Français furent capables de prendre l'initiative et de conserver leur prééminence dans le tra ?c des fourrures aussi longtemps qu'ils eurent une présence coloniale en Amérique du Nord C e ANNÉE THE BRAZILI AN CONNECTION A LOOK AT THE ORIGIN OF FRENCH TECHNIQUES FOR TRADING WITH AMERINDIANS by OLIVE PATRICIA DICKASON The fur trade in North America as it evolved during the sixteenth century and into the seventeenth was developed by the French on the one hand and the aboriginal peoples of the Northeastern forests on the other It is widely believed that it was in the northern trade that the French learned their techniques for dealing with Amerindians a type of diplomacy in which they excelled throughout their présence on the as a colonizing power There

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