To the ends of the Earth : the age of the European explorers / Peter O. Koch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Koch, Peter O., 1953- author.

Series:

The Age of the Europen Explorers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discoveries in geography--European.

Discoveries in geography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina ; London, [England] : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2003.

Summary:

Beginning with Prince Henry the Navigator's worldly vision of finding a direct sea route to India and concluding with Ferdinand Magellan's quest to be the first man to sail around the world, this work tells the collective story of the numerous explorers who sought to find a path to the exotic spices and other treasures of the Far East. Most of the explorers included in this work were of the same generation and several of them even sailed together. The book also examines the political, social and economic factors that ushered in the age of exploration and had such an impact upon the explorers

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface ; One The Routes of Trade; Two In Search of Cathay; Three Following the Dream of Prince Henry; Four The Spanish Crusade; Five At the Edge of a New World; Six Visions of Cathay; Seven The Spice Monopoly; Eight Those Who Trespass Against Columbus; Nine Same Planet, Different Worlds; Ten The Grand Prize; Eleven Colonization of the Caribbean; Twelve The Voyage of Magellan; Thirteen When the World Became Whole; Bibliography ; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7864-8380-6