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xi Acknowledgments Various people have helped bring this book to completion. Kaitlin Ciarmiello, Erin Ryan, and the team at ABC-CLIO have been patient and supportive as our day jobs, house moves, and growing families impinged on the process of writing. Paul Wells selected the images for us and Jon Dertien has been very helpful in transforming the manuscript into a finished book. Jay H. Buckley and Jeffery D. Nokes wrote the chapters on Jacques Cartier and John Lawson. We owe thanks to several other people who have contributed in various ways. Kelly would like to thank Joshua Smith, Lincoln Paine, Heather Dalton, and Sara Marie Bodenstein and her students at the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics for their keen questions about the project and their excitement for learning. Oliver would like to thank Todd Gray, Vin Caretta, Glyn Redworth, Arthur Burns, Judy Lucas, Hannah Keene, and especially Louise Walton, who read and commented on the text. This book is all the better for their input and inspiration. Most documents presented in this book are drawn from published works which are out of copyright. The few exceptions are Crown Copyright and are used by permission of The Stationery Office. Document 100 is reproduced thanks to the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at Boston Public Library. Above all, we are grate- ful to our families for their support and tolerance this book is dedicated to our respective sons, Thomas and Nathaniel, who arrived while we were writing it.