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Travel and Discovery in the Renaissance, 1420–1620 /

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

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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
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674863545 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674863545 Cover
Physical Description:	1 online resource (377 p.) :; 16 illustrations, 8 maps
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Table of Contents:

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