ANT241Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Thomas Harriot, Baffin Island, Fort Caroline
12 Oct 2012
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> the best guess is somewhere along the east coast of. Contact with aboriginal people: none, although he did see evidence of them. Lecture 9: contact in the 16th century (st. lawrence iroquoians, florida timucua, arctic inuit and north. After the norse, there is no solid evidence of europeans in north america until the: New york city used to be called new amsterdam. New york state used to be called new netherlands. John cabot an italian working for the english. Basques (from border region between spain and france) Fishermen and whalers likely came in contact with (among others): 57 natives (possibly beothuk) captured and brought back as slaves. They had long black hair, tattoos, fur clothing and stone tools. The natives already possessed a sword and silver rings from venice. Brought back from terra nova" a red bow and red arrows. Captured 7 natives in a bark canoe and brought them to france.
