Colonial ambition, anti-Spanish propaganda and the publishing market in Europe in the 16th-18th centuries. The cases of England and France in the dispute for America
Throughout the XVIth and XVIIIth centuries, English and French colonial expansion was marked by a rivalry with Spain of religious, political and economic extent. England and France designed strategies and patterns of settlement in the margins of the Spanish Empire that, beyond Spanish control, would...
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| Formato: | Artículo revista |
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Centro de Estudios Históricos Profesor Carlos S. A. Segreti
2012
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/anuarioceh/article/view/22703 |
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| Sumario: | Throughout the XVIth and XVIIIth centuries, English and French colonial expansion was marked by a rivalry with Spain of religious, political and economic extent. England and France designed strategies and patterns of settlement in the margins of the Spanish Empire that, beyond Spanish control, would enable geographic expansion and colonial occupation. Anti-Spanish accounts in travel narratives thus became one of the strategies used to promote the presence of such colonial powers in marginal areas of the colonial Iberian world. A detailed analysis of some of the narratives published in this period by both England and France suggests that whether the priority was the installation of strategic bases in America, the control of commercial routes, the development of religious settlements or the organization of expeditions of a more scientific and commercial approach, the struggle for the New World by means of the printed text was the best instrument to condemn the abuses of Spain and thus justify the colonial ambitions of England and France. Given this objective, the attempt to settle in Roanoke, the voyages of Anthony Knivet to the South Atlantic and the voyage to patagonic lands made by George Shelvocke (1719-22) will be analyzed for the English case. Regarding the French, special attention will be paid to the protestant projects in Florida and Brazil and the first French voyage around the world in 1766. |
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