"Maritime Exploration in the Age of Discovery, 1415-1800" by Ronald S. Love

From the early Portuguese and Spanish quests for gold and glory, to later scientific explorations of land and culture, this new understanding of the world's geography created global trade, built empires, defined taste and alliances of power, and began the journey toward the cultural, political, and economic globalization in which we live today.

Ronald Love's engaging narrative chapters guide the reader from Marco Polo's exploration of the Mongol empire to Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe, the search for a Northern Passage, Henry Hudson's voyage to Greenland, the discovery of Tahiti, the perils of scurvy, mutiny, and warring empires, and the eventual extension of Western influence into almost every corner of the globe.

CONTENTS
Greenwood Guides to Historic Events, 1500-1900
Maritime Exploration in the Age of Discovery, 1415-1800. RONALD S. LOVE
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CONTENTS
SERIES FOREWORD
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS
1 HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
2 PORTUGAL AND THE SEARCH FOR A SEA ROUTE TO ASIA
- Portugal and Coastal Africa: The Dawn of Discovery
- The Gateway to India and Maritime Empire
- Notes
3 SPAIN AND THE DISCOVERY OF A NEW WORLD
- Columbus and His Enterprise: The Accidental Discovery of a New World
- Initial Exploration of the New World: The Search for China Continues
- Notes
4 CIRCUMNAVIGATION AND THE SEARCH FOR A NORTHERN PASSAGE TO CHINA
- The Search for a Strait
- The World Encompassed
- The Search for a Northern Passage
- Notes
5 EXPLORATION OF THE GREAT SOUTH SEA
- The Spanish Lake, 1525-1606
- English Privateers and Dutch Profiteers, 1574-1644
- The Fallow Years, 1644-1764
- Pacific Exploration in an Age of Science, 1764-1800
- Notes
EPILOGUE
BIOGRAPHIES: PERSONALITIES OF THE AGE OF DISCOVERY
- Pietro Martire d'Anghiera (1457-1526)
- Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville (1729-1811)
- Sebastian Cabot (ca. 1476-1557)
- James Cook (1728-1779)
- Vasco da Gama (ca. 1460-1524)
- Richard Hakluyt (ca. 1552-1616)
- Alvaro de Menda-na fca. 1541-1595)
- Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594)
- Marco Polo (1254-1324)
- Pedro Fernandez de Quiros (1565-1615)
- Abel Janszoon Tasman (ca. 1603-1659)
- Giovanni da Verrazano (ca. 1485-1528)
- Amerigo Vespucci (ca. 1451-1512)
PRIMARY DOCUMENTS RELATING TO MARITIME DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION
- The Portuguese Achievement
- The Voyages of Columbus
- The Demarcation of the Globe
- A New Continent?
- The Search for a Northwest Passage
- The Pacific Is Sighted and Entered
- Pacific Trade and Exploration, the Early Phase
- Pacific Exploration in the Eighteenth Century
GLOSSARY OF SELECTED TERMS
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Primary Sources in English Translation
– Portuguese Voyages
– Spanish Voyages
– English Voyages
– French Voyages
– Dutch Voyages
- Encyclopedias and Reference Works
- Surveys and General Histories of the European Age of Discovery
- Biographies
- Works on Portuguese Exploration
- Works on Spanish Exploration
- Works on Circumnavigation and the Northwest Passage
- Works on Pacific Exploration
- Web Sources
- Films
INDEX