lawrence river in 1535 onboard a tiny little ship, jacques cartier is exploring the the point where the- [inaudible] river meet it is st. lawrence, and it's draining lake george and lake channel plain north into the st. lawrence. 1535. jacques cartier talks to the natives who happen to live this in the area and gathers as much gee photographical information -- geographical information as he possibly can. he doesn't plunge into lake champlain, he is collecting oral geographies. his gee photographical report gets turned into a grand compilation map prepared for king francis i in 1550, and by 1567 europeans are seeing for the very first time in printed form on a her cater map the interior of north america and this great warpath that eliot's book is all about. 1567 it appears for the first time, a definable place in the interior of north america. the map doesn't show us the hudson river, it doesn't show us long island, it doesn't show usl cape cod, but by golly, it shows us that southward-reaching waterway stretching from the st. lawrence river down to the place where the waterway forks. h

the shot cartier --jacques ca i cartier on his way to the rivers draining lake george to lake champlain north into the st. lawrence. 1535. he talks to the natives who live in the era and gathers as much geographical information he can. he doesn't plunge into lake champlain. he is collecting world geography. cartier's geographical report gets turned into a grand compilation mapping prepared for king france's first in eighteen 50 and by 1567 europeans are seeing for the first time in printed form of mercator mapped the interior of north america and this great warpath in 1567 appears the first time undefinable place the interior of north america. it doesn't show the hudson river or long island or cape cod but shows this awkward reaching waterway stretching from the st. lawrence river down to the place the waterway forks. at that place where the waterway forks to the south, that is the place of the mohawks. this is america's warpath. off in that distance is the place where we will meet our enemies. france is not able for a variety of wars of religion taking place in france to follow upon ca