Travel and Discovery in the Renaissance, 1420–1620 / / Boies Penrose.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Penrose, Boies,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1952
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 4th printing 1963. Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (377 p.) :; 16 illustrations, 8 maps
• Other title: Frontmatter --; PREFACE --; CONTENTS --; CHAPTER 1. THE BACKGROUND CLASSICAL AND MEDIEVAL --; CHAPTER 2. SOME FREE-LANCE TRAVELERS OF THE EARLY RENAISSANCE --; CHAPTER 3. HENRY THE NAVIGATOR AND THE AFRICAN VOYAGES --; CHAPTER 4. THE PORTUGUESE IK THE ORIENT --; CHAPTER 5. THE COLUMBIAN VOYAGES --; CHAPTER 6. THE COXQUISTADORES --; CHAPTER 7. EASTERN SOUTH AMERICA, 1500-1600 --; CHAPTER 8. AFRICA IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY --; CHAPTER 9. THE EARLY EXPLORATION OF NORTH AMERICA --; CHAPTER 10. MAGELLAN AMD HIS SUCCESSORS --; CHAPTER 11. THE SEARCH FOR THE NORTHERN PASSAGES --; CHAPTER 12. THE AGE OF DRAKE --; CHAPTER 13. THE ENGLISH AND DUTCH REACH THE ORIENT --; CHAPTER 14. TOURISTS IN THE EAST --; CHAPTER 15. THE EARLY COLONIZATION OF NORTH AMERICA --; CHAPTER 16. THE CARTOGRAPHY AND NAVIGATION OF THE RENAISSANCE --; CHAPTER 17. THE GEOGRAPHICAL LITERATURE OF THE RENAISSANCE --; CHAPTER 18. CONCLUSION --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674863545; 9783110353488; 9783110353563; 9783110442212
• DOI: 10.4159/harvard.9780674863545
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Boies Penrose.