What was the age of exploration? /
Series: What was--? Published by : Penguin Workshop, (New York :) Physical details: 107 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm ISBN:9780593093832; 0593093836; 9780593093825; 0593093828.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Logos International School | J 910.9 DAL (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 39054817 |
"An official Who HQ book"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-107).
What was the age of exploration? -- Marco Polo and the Silk Road -- Portugal leads the way -- The slave trade begins -- A new player: Christopher Columbus -- Things get spicy for Portugal -- All the way around the globe -- A new kind of explorer -- The Inca -- The search for the Northwest Passage -- The Age of Exploration: a lasting impact -- Timelines.
An introduction to the Age of Exploration covers the nautical practices of fifteenth-century Europe, Henry the Navigator's fateful new sea routes, and the impact of European advancement on ancient civilizations.
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