J.H. Parry
The Age of Reconnaissance
Discovery, Exploration, and Settlement, 1450-1650
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978-0-520-04235-3
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400 pages,
January 1982, Available worldwide
Categories: History; European History; Military History
January 1982, Available worldwide
Categories: History; European History; Military History
"A marvelous history of the Europeans who...overflowed their continent and streamed out across the oceans to trade with, plunder, or settle the rest of the world. Dr. Parry uses his formidable learning to delightfully impressive effect."—The New Yorker
"Here is history at its best."—Los Angeles Times
"Here is history at its best."—Los Angeles Times
The Age of Reconnaissance, as J. H. Parry has so aptly named it, was the period during which Europe discovered the rest of the world. It began with Henry the Navigator and the Portuguese voyages in the mid-fifteenth century and ended 250 years later when the "Reconnaissance" was all but complete. Dr. Parry examines the inducements—political, economic, religious—to overseas enterprises at the time, and analyzes the nature and problems of the various European settlements in the new lands.
Preface
Introduction
Part I. The Conditions for Discovery
Part II. The Story of Discovery
Part III. The Fruits of Discovery
Conclusion
Maps
Notes
Index
Introduction
Part I. The Conditions for Discovery
Part II. The Story of Discovery
Part III. The Fruits of Discovery
Conclusion
Maps
Notes
Index
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