Before Columbus: Exploration and Colonization from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, 1229-1492 (The Middle Ages Series)
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Demonstrating that Columbus's voyage was a new step in a centuries-old process of European expansion, Fernandez-Armesto provides a stimulating account of the broadening of Europe's physical and mental horizons in the Middle Ages. He shows how the techniques and institutions of medieval colonial expansion that were applied to the New World made long-term conquest and settlement possible.A brief introduction analyzes the problems that face students and historians. Then, concentrating on medieval Spanish colonial development, but carefully linking that development to the wider European process of expansion, the author surveys the g
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Manufacturer: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release date: 1 June 1987
ISBN-10 : 0812214129 | ISBN-13: 9780812214123
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Release date: 1 June 1987
ISBN-10 : 0812214129 | ISBN-13: 9780812214123
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