Maritime history: volume 1: the age of discovery
Material type: TextSeries: Open forum seriesPublication details: Malabar, Fla: Krieger, 1996Description: 331pISBN:- 0894648349 (pbk.)
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The first volume comprises seventeen chapters, covering the end of the medieval period and the beginnings of the Renaissance through the seventeenth century. The volume includes chapters on navigation and ships in the late Middle Ages, Portuguese expansion, and Spanish, French, and English maritime exploration. Each chapter is written by a noted specialist, including Felipe Fernandez-Armesto and Carola Rahn Phillips (Spain), Richard W. Unger (medieval period), and George Winius and Charles Verlinden (Portugal), among others.
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