Category: Colonial Ecology

In his travel writing, Jean de Léry includes detailed descriptions of Brazilian plants and animals. Following a proto-ethnographic model, he lists their uses and cultural…

Who was Jean de Léry? Jean de Léry was a French explorer and writer born in the 1530s in Margelle (Bourgogne), France. He was a…

Comparing French Colonial Relationships to Flora in Brazil and New England: Brazilwood and Sassafras  I. Sassafras The Abenaki are a group of Native people indigenous…