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DWC First Day (CHAPTER 3 A DISH FRUIT (The portugese europeans were the…

- - - - Champlain initially was part of the first incursion by Europeans into North American in 1606, as a member of a French expedition. His mission was to establish trading alliances with natives, in order to increase the flow of goods. At that time, four important Indians group inhabited the vast territory of North America: Montagnais, Iroquet, Hurons
        
        his goal was to establish trading alliances.
        
        The arquebus was an innovation made in 1609. It caused a big revolution in Europe as it determined that size of an army was no longer important in war: what mattered, then on, was how soldiers were armed.
- - - - Spanish Jesuit, Adriano de las Cortes, was a perfect example of a victim of the “moving” geography of the epoch. His ship was driven onto the rocks of the Chinese coast by 1625, right after departing from Manila. As it was common in the epoch, they became discoverers by mistake, as they had arrived to an uncharted place.