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Drawing on a vast array of official correspondence, merchant's letters, ship's logs, and graphic material, Kenneth Banks presents evidence on how France seemed destined to take a leading role in exploiting and settling the Americas and establishing posts in West Africa and why it failed to do so.Banks, Kenneth J. is the author of 'Chasing Empire Across the Sea Communications And the State in the French Atlantic, 1713-1763', published 2006 under ISBN 9780773531604 and ISBN 0773531602.
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