Government of Canada / Gouvernement du Canada
Symbol of the Government of Canada
Skip to content | Skip to institutional links

Common menu bar links

CMHG Home

Institutional links

  • CMHG

  • My Gateway






  • Timeline
    (1000-2000)


  • Go to Flash Site

History Browser

 
 

Subject > Wars, Battles and Conflicts > Early History to 1603

  1. 62 Results
  2. « Previous
  3. 1
  4. 2
  5. 3
  6. 4
  7. 5
Title: An Increasing Military Presence
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: During Cartier's three expeditions to Canada, there were more and more soldiers among his men. The later expeditions were very well armed.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: Settled First Nations
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: Some cultures lived as settled nations, depending on agriculture and building strong fortifications. These included the Iroquois group and various peoples on the Pacific coast
Site: National Defence
 
Title: The Enlistment Of Soldiers
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: Soldiers were organized into companies of about 50. Their leader, the company captain, was responsible for recruiting, training and disciplining his men.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: 'Ruse de guerre des Canadiens' [Canadian Stratagem] by André Thévet
 
Type: Image
Description: This 1575 print is possibly the first published European depiction of an Indian engagement in Canada. (Library and Archives Canada C-017653)
Site: National Defence
 
Title: The bay at l'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland
 
Type: Image
Description: L'Anse aux Meadows was the site of a Viking settlement at around the year 1,000. The area is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. (Parks Canada)
Site: National Defence
 
Title: Torture
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: Captives taken in warfare by Amerindian peoples were frequently subjected to torture as a ritual act of retribution against the enemy.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: The world known to European scholars in about 1350 as transposed on a ...
 
Type: Image
Online Reference Books
Description: Much of the geographical knowledge in the Middle Ages dated back to the classical Greeks with various later accounts added in. These would include those of the Vikings in northern seas and Marco Polo's tale of travels in the Far East during the 13th century. Maps published before Christopher Columbus' discoveries in 1492 remained essentially as shown. There was no suspicion amongst Europeans, Asians and Africans that there might be other continents. Map from 'Ridpath's Cyclopedia,' 1885.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: The Withdrawal Of The Vikings
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: The first armed European incursion into Canada was driven off by the native population. The Vikings felt the land, although good, was not worth a life dominated by battle and fear.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: A Norman (or Viking) warrior wielding a battle axe
 
Type: Image
Online Reference Books
Description: This Norman (or Viking) warrior wears the typical 'Norman' type helmet with its nose guard and a coat of mail. Vestiges of chain mail have been found in the Canadian Arctic. Print after Viollet-Leduc from the Bayeux tapestry.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: Portuguese archer and, at left, a crossbowman, early 16th century
 
Type: Image
Online Reference Books
Description: Archers and crossbowmen were commonly found on ships and in the early overseas settlements of the first half of the 16th century. Such soldiers were most likely part of the early Portuguese forays to Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island. (Museu de Arte Antiguo, Lisbon)
Site: National Defence
 
  1. 62 Results
  2. « Previous
  3. 1
  4. 2
  5. 3
  6. 4
  7. 5

Policy - External Hyperlinks

All search result links will open in a new browser window. We have made every reasonable effort to ensure that all links from the Gateway are accurate and reliable. However the Department of National Defence is not responsible for the accuracy, reliability or currency of the information contained on external sites. Please be aware that hyperlinks do change from time to time and in some cases those changes may not be reflected immediately. Please contact us if you encounter broken links. (More on Important Notices...)

Date Modified:

Top of Page
Important Notices