In his book, Pioneers of France in the New World, Francis Parkman Jr., mentions a historical account of the first Spaniards, including French stories. Essentially, the book is divided into two main parts: Spanish (Chapter IX) and French (Chapters I to XVII). “The history of New France opens with a tragedy”[1 pp 3], blood and fury will soon break out in Europe, with political and religious enmities and will soon cross the Atlantic and concentrate in the vast new lands of Florida. Contacts between the Huguenots (members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France) and the Spanish were not pretty, with the two religions and self-centeredness being the main causes of conflict. The beginning of the first chapter of Pioneers of France in the New World (Spanish section) exposes the typical cruelties between the Spaniards and the Indians, as well as the struggle of two countries and religions of France and Spain; the French may have treated the natives better, but were by no means saints. Spain in the 1520s was receiving reports of heroic tales of how Cortez had conquered a civilization and retained great wealth, every Spaniard and their mother wanted to come and succeed in this vast and mysterious land. The French section of The Pioneers of France in the New World segues into and out of the Spanish sections in their own chapters, telling immense stories and accurate accounts of the times. Inform the reader of French traditions, famous explorers like Champlain, discoveries of Indian cities and vast lakes. The French were a culturally different group of individuals, one of the key points would be the better treatment given to the natives compared to the Spanish. When Samuel de Champlain died in Quebec, Canada in 1635, there were accounts of I...... middle of article ...... accounts of early Spanish explorations leading to the arrival of the French include exploring the country. Pioneers is not just a book, but the first book in a volume of seven written by Francis Parkman in 1865. Francis Parkman Jr., although in recent years Parkman has been heavily criticized for his works and for not documenting its archives; his books are still considered a historical reference. Pioneers is an extraordinary book that focuses not only on the French in the Western Hemisphere, but also on the Spanish in their early explorations. Works Cited Parkman, Francis. Pioneers of France in the New World. Boston: Little, Brown, 1905. Print.[1]"Members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences: 1780-2012." http://www.amacad.org. Np, and Web. November 13, 2013.C. Vann Woodward, Forward to 1984 edition of Parkman's Montcalm and Wolfe: The French and Indian War [3]