At the end of the15thCentury the Age ofDiscoveryand Exploration was justbeginning.In 1534 Jacques Cartiermadecontact with the Iroquoianpeoples ofthe St. LawrenceRiver valley.It was all downhill fromthere. In fact thingswill neverbe the same. OldWorldpathogens will soon destroyanyone'sway of life who happenstocall the Americas home. Sources- Iroquoia: The Development of a Native World: Iroquois & Their Neighborsby William Engelbrecht and Caleb Rector THE JESUITS IN NORTH AMERICA IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY BY FRANCIS PARKMEN IROQUOIS DIPLOMACY ON THE EARLY AMERICAN FRONTIER BY TIMOTHY J. SHANNON 1491: NEW REVELATIONS OF THE AMERICAS BEFORE COLUMBUS BY CHARLES MANN