The age of discovery, 1400-1600 / David Arnold.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arnold, David, 1946-

Series:

Lancaster pamphlets

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discoveries in geography.

Middle Ages.

Physical Description:

xiv, 69 pages : maps ; 22 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

Summary:

Exploring one of the most dramatic features of the late medieval and early modern period, this work covers the time when voyagers from Western Europe led by Spain and Portugal set out across the world and established links with Africa, Asia and the Americas. This book examines the main motivations behind the voyages and discusses the developments in navigation expertise and technology that made them possible. This second edition brings the scholarship up to date and includes two new chapters on the important topics of the idea of "discovery" and on biological and environmental factors which favored or limited European expansion.

Notes:

Previous ed.: London: Methuen, 1983.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 63-65) and index.

ISBN:

041527995X

0415279968

OCLC:

50447940