ACLS Humanities E-Book: The age of reconnaissance

The age of reconnaissance

Parry, J. H. (John Horace), 1914-1982.

Year: c1981.

Publisher: University of California Press.

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Frontmatter

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

PART I. THE CONDITIONS FOR DISCOVERY

I ATTITUDES AND MOTIVES

II COMMERCIAL EXPERIENCE AND FINANCIAL BACKING

III SHIPS AND SHIPBUILDERS

IV SEAMEN AND SEAMANSHIP

V PILOTAGE AND NAVIGATION

VI CHARTS AND MAPS

VII THE FIGHTING CAPACITY OF MEN AND OF SHIPS

PART II. THE STORY OF DISCOVERY

VIII AFRICA AND THE INDIAN OCEAN

IX THE ATLANTIC AND THE SOUTH SEA

X THE AMERICAN CONQUESTS

XI ATLANTIC TRADE AND PIRACY

XII NEW ROUTES TO THE EAST

XIII FISHING, FUR-TRADING AND PLANTING

PART III. THE FRUITS OF DISCOVERY

XIV THE LAND EMPIRE OF SPAIN

XV THE SEA EMPIRES OF PORTUGAL AND HOLLAND

XVI THE PLANTATIONS AND THEIR TRADES

XVII MIGRATIONS AND DISPERSALS

XVIII THE COLONIAL BUREAUCRATS

XIX THE RIGHTS OF CONQUERORS AND CONQUERED

CONCLUSION

MAPS

NOTES

NOTES FOR FURTHER READING

INDEX

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Title:

The age of reconnaissance : J.H. Parry.

Author:

Parry, J. H. (John Horace), 1914-1982

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The age of reconnaissance : J.H. Parry.
Parry, J. H. (John Horace), 1914-1982
Berkeley: University of California Press, c1981.

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Subject Headings:

• Colonization -- History
• Discoveries in geography

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