Voyages of Discovery (History Files) - Softcover
Voyages to Africa, Asia, the Americas, and the Pacific―and their legacies―are dramatically described here through an authoritative text and compelling images.
Aided by developments in shipbuilding, mapping, and astronomy, Europeans took to the oceans between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries in search of spices, gold, and slaves. Voyages to Africa, Asia, the Americas, and the Pacific―and their legacies―are dramatically described here through an authoritative text and compelling images.The golden age of exploration includes Columbus’s first voyage to America in 1492, John Cabot and the Northwest Passage, Magellan’s circumnavigation of the globe, and the exploration of the South Pacific. The facsimile documents feature ships’ logs, drawings by explorers of the people and places they encountered, and letters home. 80 full-color and 70 black-and-white illustrations
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David Boyle’s books include Toward the Setting Sun: Columbus, Cabot, Vespucci; The Race for America; and Voyages of Discovery. He lives in London.
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“The illustrations are profuse and of great interest . . . . this volume offers a good overview of the Age of Exploration for first-year history students.”
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- PublisherThames & Hudson
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 050028959X
- ISBN 13 9780500289594
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages144
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Book Description gebunden. Condition: Neu. Neu -Dieses Buch beschreibt die großen Entdeckungsreisen nach Afrika, Asien, Nord- und Südamerika und den pazifischen Raum und legt den Fokus auf die Begegnungen und Hinterlassenschaften dieser Reisen. In den drei Jahrzehnten zwischen 1492 und 1522 änderte sich durch die Entdeckungen neuer Kulturen - auf der Suche nach Gewürzen und Bodenschätzen - das Bild von der Welt grundlegend. Den letzten Schliff bekam der Atlas dann anderthalb Jahrhunderte später durch die Reisen des James Cook. Neben einem fundierten Text und vielen Bildern enthält der Band auch neun faksimilierte Dokumente, darunter einen Auszug aus Captain Cooks Tagebuch (1769) und das Titelblatt eines Briefes von Cortes an Kaiser Karl V. von 1520. (Text englisch)\\nErscheinungsdatum: 30.12.2011 Schlagwörter: voyages of discovery, entdeckungsreisen, david boyle, london 2011, 66books ltd, kulturgeschichte, kulturgeschichte bücher, kulturgeschichte literatur Autor: David Boyle Sachgruppen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik, Geschichte, Kulturgeschichte Anzahl Seiten: 144 Format: 21,00 x 17,00 x 1,50 cm 144 pp. Englisch. Seller Inventory # 704121
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