New Worlds - Hardcover

Fritze, Ronald H.

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ISBN 10: 0750923466 ISBN 13: 9780750923460

Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2002

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This is a narrative history of the great voyages of discovery. The author starts his survey with a portrait of medieval Europe, its economy, its geography and the developments in naval architecture and design that made the great voyages possible. From there, he goes on to consider in detail the voyages of Henry the Navigator, Columbus, da Gama, Cabot; the Portuguese spice empire in Asia (which is contrasted with the simultaneous rise of the Mogul Empire) and the opening up of both South and North America. The culmination of these navigational efforts was the circumnavigation of the earth by Magellan and the opening up of successful Pacific trade routes. A final chapter considers the impact of European expansion, its effect on the European world view and economy and the challenges to the Spanish and Portuguese from the Dutch, English and French.

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?This substantial and well-produced book offers a balanced and workmanlike history of the first two centuries of European expansion....[b]ecause so much has been published in English since the time of the quincentenario, it is remarkably useful to have this work brought together and sanely assessed....[o]ffers an excellent conspectus of recent scholarship on the great voyages of discover between 1400 and 1600.?-Terrae Incognitae

?Fritze's contribution to the historiography of Old World exploratory efforts is to synthesize much of the historiography of the last decade. In this, Fritze has been highly successful. The result is a narrative of the peoples and cultures previously unknown to the Europeans that is not only informative and insightful, but also engaging and lucid, and will therefore, appeal to both layperson and scholar....[a] thoroughly enjoyable and informative overview of the latest scholarship on the nature of European exploration during the era of discovery. Both students and academics will find a great deal to commend in this volume. It is beautifully illustrated and generously provided with nicely designed maps. This would make for a useful introductory study for any first-year university history course.?-Sixteenth Century Journal

"This substantial and well-produced book offers a balanced and workmanlike history of the first two centuries of European expansion....[b]ecause so much has been published in English since the time of the quincentenario, it is remarkably useful to have this work brought together and sanely assessed....[o]ffers an excellent conspectus of recent scholarship on the great voyages of discover between 1400 and 1600."-Terrae Incognitae

"Fritze's contribution to the historiography of Old World exploratory efforts is to synthesize much of the historiography of the last decade. In this, Fritze has been highly successful. The result is a narrative of the peoples and cultures previously unknown to the Europeans that is not only informative and insightful, but also engaging and lucid, and will therefore, appeal to both layperson and scholar....[a] thoroughly enjoyable and informative overview of the latest scholarship on the nature of European exploration during the era of discovery. Both students and academics will find a great deal to commend in this volume. It is beautifully illustrated and generously provided with nicely designed maps. This would make for a useful introductory study for any first-year university history course."-Sixteenth Century Journal

About the Author:

RONALD H. FRITZE is Chair of the History Department at the University of Central Arkansas. His earlier books include the Historical Dictionary of Tudor England, 1485-1603 (Greenwood, 1991) and the Historical Dictionary of Stuart England, 1603-1689 (Greenwood, 1996).

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