In his book, French Pioneers in the New World, Francis Parkman Jr., mentions a historical account of early Spanish that includes accounts of French. Essentially the book is divided into two main parts: Spanish (chapter IX) and French (chapters I – XVII). “The history of New France opens with a tragedy”[1 pp 3], blood and fury would soon break out over Europe, with political and religious enmities and would soon travel across the Atlantic and concentrate in the vast new lands of Florida. Contact between the Huguenots (members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France) and the Spaniards was not pleasant, as the two religions and self-centeredness were the main causes of the conflict. The beginning of the first chapters of Pioneers of France in the New World (Spanish section) states the typical cruelties between Spaniards and Indians, as well as the struggle between two countries and religions of France and Spain; the French may have treated the natives better, but they were hardly saints. Spain in the 1520s received reports of heroic tales of how Cortez conquered a civilization and amassed great wealth, every Spaniard and their mother wanted to come and make it big in this immense and mysterious land. The French section of Pioneers of France in the New World inserts and continues from the Spanish sections in their respective chapters, telling immense stories and accurate accounts of the era. Inform the reader about the traditions of the French, about famous explorers like Champlain, about the discoveries of Indian cities and large lakes. The French were a culturally diverse group of individuals, a key note would be the better treatment of the natives compared to the Spanish, when Samuel de Champlain died in Quebec, Canada in 1635, there were the earls of I......half of article ... tales of the early Spanish explorations leading to the arrival of the French include the exploration of the country. Pioneers is not just one book, but the first book of 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Parkman has been heavily criticized for his works and for failing to document his papers; his books are still seen as a historical reference.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 & Sciences: 1780-2012." http://www.amacad.org. Np, nd Web. November 13, 2013.C. Vann Woodward, Forward to the 1984 edition of Parkman's Montcalm and Wolfe: The French and Indian War [3]