The Worlds of Christopher Columbus
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ISBN-13:
9780521446525
Veröffentl:
2002
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
24.06.2002
Seiten:
340
Autor:
William D. Phillips
Gewicht:
553 g
Format:
229x152x20 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
This book tells the story of the life and times of Christopher Columbus on the 500th anniversary of his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. More than that, it; aces Columbus in a very broad context of European and world history.
Acknowledgements; A note on names; 1. The worlds of Christopher Columbus; 2. Old worlds in isolation; 3. The quest for trade and Christians; 4. Tools of expansion; 5. Columbus's early years in Genoa and Portugal; 6. Columbus in Spain; 7. The first voyage; 8. Columbus and the New World; 9. Conquest and colonisation: Spain in the Caribbean; 10. Coercion and commerce: the birth of Empire; 11. The post-Columbian world; Bibliography; Index.
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