Cannibal Encounters: Europeans and Island Caribs, 1492-1763

Philip Boucher analyzes the images--and the realities--of European relations with the people known as Island Caribs during the first three centuries after Columbus. Based on literary sources, travelers' observations, and missionary accounts, as well as on French and English colonial archives and administrative correspondence, Cannibal Encounters offers a vivid portrait of a troubled chapter in the history of European-Amerindian relations.Boucher, Philip P. is the author of 'Cannibal Encounters: Europeans and Island Caribs, 1492-1763', published 1992 under ISBN 9780801843655 and ISBN 0801843650.