The Age of Exploration

by Andrew A. Kling

Overview

Swashbuckling pirates raiding treasure galleons and dashing explorers traversing the unknown; this is how many perceive the Age of Exploration. The quest to explore beyond the horizon was driven by more than a need to understand the unknown. Great political and financial prospects lured those individuals and nations who dared explore. This compelling volume offers readers an in-depth account of the eccentric characters, cutting-edge technologies, and the exotic locations, real and imagined, that drove exploration of the New World as well as the Old World. Chapters engage pertinent critical discussions including early exploration of trade routes through the Muslim world; Bartolomeu Dias sailing around the southern cape of Africa; Christopher Columbus reaching the Bahamas Islands, Cuba and Hispaniola; Vasco da Gama rounding Africa and reaches the Indian port of Calicut; and many more. The edition also offers readers a timeline, maps, quotations from primary source materials, and a thorough subject index.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781420509304
Publisher:	Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Publication date:	01/29/2013
Series:	World History Series
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	7.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	12 - 16 Years

About the Author

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Table of Contents

Contents

Foreword 4

Important Dates in the Age of Exploration 6

Introduction:

Marco Polo and Prester John 8

Chapter One:

Conquering the "Sea of Darkness" 12

Chapter Two:

Columbus and the Conquistadores 31

Chapter Three:

Around the World 48

Chapter Four:

The Search for the Northwest Passage 67

Chapter Five:

Over the Horizon 84

Notes 100

For More Information 104

Index 106

Picture Credits 111

About the Author 112