The age of reconnaissance

The age of reconnaissance / J.H. Parry.

Covers the period during which Europe discovered the rest of the world, beginning with the mid-fifteenth century and ending 250 years later when the "Reconnaissance" was all but complete. The author examines the inducements--political, economic, religious--to overseas enterprise at the tim...

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Main Author: Parry, J. H. (John Horace), 1914-1982
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1981.
Subjects:
Discoveries in geography.
Colonization > History.
Colonization
Discoveries in geography
History
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:Covers the period during which Europe discovered the rest of the world, beginning with the mid-fifteenth century and ending 250 years later when the "Reconnaissance" was all but complete. The author examines the inducements--political, economic, religious--to overseas enterprise at the time, and analyzes the nature and problems of the various European settlements in the new lands.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vii, 365 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-351) and index.
ISBN:0520042344
9780520042346
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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