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Maritime Exploration in the Age of Discovery, 1415-1800 (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)
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Maritime Exploration in the Age of Discovery, 1415-1800 (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)
Series: Greenwood Guides to Historic Events 1500-1900
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Despite earlier naval expeditions undertaken for reasons of
diplomacy or trade, it wasn't until the early 1400s that European
maritime explorers established sea routes through most of the
globe's inhabited regions, uniting a divided earth into a single
system of navigation. From the early Portuguese and Spanish quests
for gold and glory, to later scientific explorations of land and
culture, this new understanding of the world's geography created
global trade, built empires, defined taste and alliances of power,
and began the journey toward the cultural, political, and economic
globalization in which we live today. Ronald Love's engaging
narrative chapters guide the reader from Marco Polo's exploration
of the Mongol empire to Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation of
the globe, the search for a Northern Passage, Henry Hudson's voyage
to Greenland, the discovery of Tahiti, the perils of scurvy,
mutiny, and warring empires, and the eventual extension of Western
influence into almost every corner of the globe. Biographies and
primary documents round out the work.
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