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The age of reconnaissance

J. H. Parry c1981 © John H. Parry
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ISBN(s)
  • 9780520042346 (hardcover)
  • 9780520042353 (paper)
Subject
  • Latin American
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  • Table of Contents

  • Reviews

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  • Frontmatter
  • PREFACE (page vii)
  • INTRODUCTION (page 1)
  • PART I. THE CONDITIONS FOR DISCOVERY
    • I ATTITUDES AND MOTIVES (page 19)
    • II COMMERCIAL EXPERIENCE AND FINANCIAL BACKING (page 38)
    • III SHIPS AND SHIPBUILDERS (page 53)
    • IV SEAMEN AND SEAMANSHIP (page 69)
    • V PILOTAGE AND NAVIGATION (page 83)
    • VI CHARTS AND MAPS (page 100)
    • VII THE FIGHTING CAPACITY OF MEN AND OF SHIPS (page 114)
  • PART II. THE STORY OF DISCOVERY
    • VIII AFRICA AND THE INDIAN OCEAN (page 131)
    • IX THE ATLANTIC AND THE SOUTH SEA (page 146)
    • X THE AMERICAN CONQUESTS (page 162)
    • XI ATLANTIC TRADE AND PIRACY (page 177)
    • XII NEW ROUTES TO THE EAST (page 190)
    • XIII FISHING, FUR-TRADING AND PLANTING (page 207)
  • PART III. THE FRUITS OF DISCOVERY
    • XIV THE LAND EMPIRE OF SPAIN (page 227)
    • XV THE SEA EMPIRES OF PORTUGAL AND HOLLAND (page 242)
    • XVI THE PLANTATIONS AND THEIR TRADES (page 258)
    • XVII MIGRATIONS AND DISPERSALS (page 273)
    • XVIII THE COLONIAL BUREAUCRATS (page 290)
    • XIX THE RIGHTS OF CONQUERORS AND CONQUERED (page 303)
  • CONCLUSION (page 321)
  • MAPS (page 328)
  • NOTES (page 335)
  • NOTES FOR FURTHER READING (page 347)
  • INDEX (page 351)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
AHR 94.1 (Feb. 1989): 195-196 http://www.jstor.org/cgi-bin/jstor/viewitem/00028762/di951459/95p0609p?PAGE=0
AJCA 21 (Jan. 1989): 212-213 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0156-7365%28198901%2921%3C212%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-L
JAS 47.3 (Aug. 1988): 592-593 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-9118%28198808%2947%3A3%3C592%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-U
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