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Francis Parkman was an American historian renowned for his in-depth research on the colonial period in North America and the French colonies. His works, such as 'The French and Indian War' and 'The Conquest of Peru by Pizarro,' have had a profound impact on subsequent historical research.

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“The Spanish voyager, as his caravel ploughed the adjacent seas, might give full scope to his imagination, and dream that beyond the long, low margin of forest which bounded his horizon lay hid a rich harvest for some future conqueror; perhaps a second Mexico with its royal palace and sacred pyramids, or another Cuzco with its temple of the Sun, encircled with a frieze of gold. Haunted by such visions, the ocean chivalry of Spain could not long stand idle.”

Source: France and England in North America: Pioneers of France in the New World. The Jesuits of North America in the seventeenth century. La Salle and the discovery of the Great West. The old régime in Canada

“Art, industry, and commerce, so long crushed and overborne, were stirring into renewed life, and a crowd of adventurous men, nurtured in war and incapable of repose, must seek employment for their restless energies in fields of peaceful enterprise.”

Men Long Art War Energy Fields Industry Crowds Employment Peaceful Enterprise Commerce Incapable Restless Crushed Adventurous Repose Stirring

Book:Pioneers of France in the New World

Source: Pioneers of France in the New World

“America, when it became known to Europeans, was, as it had long been, a scene of wide-spread revolution.”

Long America Known Revolution Scene Spread Wide

Book:France and England in North America

Source: France and England in North America