Description:Aided by developments in shipbuilding, mapping, and astronomy, Europeans took to the oceans between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries in search of spices, gold, and slaves. Voyages to Africa, Asia, the Americas, and the Pacific (and their legacies) are dramatically described here through an authoritative text and compelling images.The golden age of exploration includes Columbus' first voyage to America in 1492, John Cabot and the Northwest Passage, Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe, and the exploration of the South Pacific. The facsimile documents feature ships' logs, drawings by explorers of the people and places they encountered, and letters home.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Voyages of Discovery (History Files). To get started finding Voyages of Discovery (History Files), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Description: Aided by developments in shipbuilding, mapping, and astronomy, Europeans took to the oceans between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries in search of spices, gold, and slaves. Voyages to Africa, Asia, the Americas, and the Pacific (and their legacies) are dramatically described here through an authoritative text and compelling images.The golden age of exploration includes Columbus' first voyage to America in 1492, John Cabot and the Northwest Passage, Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe, and the exploration of the South Pacific. The facsimile documents feature ships' logs, drawings by explorers of the people and places they encountered, and letters home.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Voyages of Discovery (History Files). To get started finding Voyages of Discovery (History Files), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.