The World Encompassed
The World Encompassed

Author: G. V. Scammell

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-05-03

Total Pages: 645

ISBN-13: 1351014692

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In this authoritative study, first published in 1981, Geoffrey Scammell traces the course of European expansion between around 800 and 1650, during which time the world known to western Europeans was enlarged in a way unparalleled before or since. The book takes a broad historical perspective, linking the classic age of European expansion to its medieval antecedents. The Norse reached North America in the tenth century, Italian missionaries and traders were established in China in the high Middle Ages, and during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, in some of the greatest voyages ever made under sail, Iberian explorers crossed the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and established footholds in the Americas, Africa and Asia. This is a stimulating and perceptive study, based on wide-ranging research, which makes an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the influence of empire on both colonial and metropolitan societies.

The World Encompassed
The World Encompassed

Author: Geoffrey Vaughn Scammell

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1981-01-01

Total Pages: 564

ISBN-13: 9780520044227

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A study of European exploration and colonization includes examinations of the expansion of the English, Spanish, Dutch, French, and Portuguese empires

The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake
The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake

Author: John Cooke

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2022-10-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781016595025

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