The Age of Discovery, 1400-1600The Age of Discovery explores one of the most dramatic features of the late medieval and early modern period: when voyagers from Western Europe led by Spain and Portugal set out across the world and established links with the New World. |
Contents
Part | 1 |
In Search of Gold and Spices | 11 |
Maritime Technology and Navigation | 26 |
Part | 35 |
The Americas | 45 |
Disease and Environmental Change | 54 |
Notes | 62 |
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