Table of Contents
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgments (page vii)
- Introduction: Ceremonies of Possession in Europe's Conquest of the New World, 1492-1640 (page 1)
- 1 Houses, Gardens, and Fences: Signs of English Possession in the New World (page 16)
- 2 Ceremonies: The Theatrical Rituals of French Political Possession (page 41)
- 3 The Requirement: A Protocol for Conquest (page 69)
- 4 "A New Sky and New Stars": Arabic and Hebrew Science, Portuguese Seamanship, and the Discovery of America (page 100)
- 5 Sailing in the Wake of the Portuguese (page 149)
- Conclusion: The Habits of History (page 179)
- Index (page 195)