| Description |
xi, 230 p : front., plates, ports., maps, facsims ; 23 cm. |
| Notes |
Plates, etc., accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letterpress. |
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"The substance of the contributions that are here published was included in a course of public lectures delivered in the Departments of history and geography in King's college, London, in the Lent term of 1931."--Pref. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliographical references in "Notes" at end of each chapter except the first. |
| Contents |
Contents: Introduction.--the transition from the medieval to the modern age, by A.P. Newton.--Spanish civilisation in the great age of discovery, by A. Pastor.--Vasco da Gama and the way to the Indies, by E. Prestage.--Christopher Columbus and his first voyage, by A.P. Newton.--Asia or mundus novus? By A.P. Newton.--The first explorers of the North American coast, by H.P. Biggar.--The search for a western passage, by H.J. Wood.--The first circumnavigation, by J. A. Williamson.--The northern passages, by E.G.R. Taylor. |
| Sujet |
Discoveries in geography.
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America -- Discovery and exploration.
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Spain -- History -- Ferdinand and Isabella, 1479-1516.
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