UID:
almafu_9959230189002883
Format:
1 online resource (106 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-134-57354-5
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1-134-57355-3
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0-203-13696-9
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1-280-40144-3
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0-203-17167-5
Series Statement:
Introductions to history
Content:
Trade and Empire in the Atlantic 1400-1600 provides an accessible and concise introduction to European expansion overseas during the early modern period. It explains why and how seafarers visited the Caribbean, South America and Africa, and looks at the history of the communities that lived around the ocean as they responded to the challenges and opportunities which sea trade opened for them.Historical thinking on the subject of Empire is naturally controversial as is shown by this survey of the first four stages of early Atlantic colonisation from the conquest of the Canary Islands to the creation of slave plantations in Brazil. This history of the Atlantic Empires is an authoritative introduction to an essential topic in world history.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of maps; Introduction; Colonising the Atlantic islands; The merchandise of Africa; Spain and the ocean crossing; Portugal and the South Atlantic; Epilogue; Further reading; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-23206-6
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-23460-3
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203136966
