"A welcome addition to the growing literature dedicated to 'Atlantic Studies.'. . . Recommended for the professional scholar, the university student, and the educated public."--"History"
"A welcome addition to the growing literature dedicated to 'Atlantic Studies.'. . . Recommended for the professional scholar, the university student, and the educated public."--"History"
Felipe Fernandez-Armesto is a fellow of St. Anthony's College, Oxford, and has twice been a Visiting Senior Lecturer at Warwick University. His previous books include Columbus and The Canary Islands after the Conquest.
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Preface A Note on Names List of Maps Introduction Problems and Approaches PART 1. FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN . . . 1. The Island Conquests of the House of Bargelona Majorca, 'The Kingdom in the Sea' Ibiza and Formentera 'Proceeding Eastwards': Minorca and Sardinia Aragon's Dynastic 'Empire' 2. The First 'Atlantic' Empire: Andalusia and its Environs The Conquest of Upper Andalusia The Conquest of Seville The Fate of the Moors The Nature of Settlement 3. A Mediterranean Land Empire: Sharq al Andalus Valencia and Northern Murcia: Conquest and Division Colonial Society in Valencia Southern Murcia An Imperial Formation 4. The Genoese Mediterranean The 'Absence' of the State The Sovereign Colonies 'Ambivalence': Typical Genoese Colonisation and Trade The Transmission of Genoese Influence 5. The Rim of Africa The Condition of the Maghrib The Aragonese Protectorate The Merchant Colonists The Lure of the Gold Trade PART 2. TO THE ATLANTIC 6. Mapping the Eastern Atlantic The Early Phases of Atlantic Navigation The Exploration of the Canaries The Mapping of the Archipelagoes The 'Unknown Pilots' 7. The Atlantic Crucible Fourteenth century Beginnings Bethencourt, La Salle and the Peraza The Islands of the Infantes The Rounding of Africa's Bulge The Portuguese Colonies 8. From the Canaries to the New World The Context of Columbus The Last Canarian Conquests Granada, the Canaries and America The 'Rise' of Portugal and Castile 9. The Mental Horizon The 'Discovery of Man' The Image of the World References Further Reading I
Preface A Note on Names List of Maps Introduction Problems and Approaches PART 1. FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN . . . 1. The Island Conquests of the House of Bargelona Majorca, 'The Kingdom in the Sea' Ibiza and Formentera 'Proceeding Eastwards': Minorca and Sardinia Aragon's Dynastic 'Empire' 2. The First 'Atlantic' Empire: Andalusia and its Environs The Conquest of Upper Andalusia The Conquest of Seville The Fate of the Moors The Nature of Settlement 3. A Mediterranean Land Empire: Sharq al Andalus Valencia and Northern Murcia: Conquest and Division Colonial Society in Valencia Southern Murcia An Imperial Formation 4. The Genoese Mediterranean The 'Absence' of the State The Sovereign Colonies 'Ambivalence': Typical Genoese Colonisation and Trade The Transmission of Genoese Influence 5. The Rim of Africa The Condition of the Maghrib The Aragonese Protectorate The Merchant Colonists The Lure of the Gold Trade PART 2. TO THE ATLANTIC 6. Mapping the Eastern Atlantic The Early Phases of Atlantic Navigation The Exploration of the Canaries The Mapping of the Archipelagoes The 'Unknown Pilots' 7. The Atlantic Crucible Fourteenth century Beginnings Bethencourt, La Salle and the Peraza The Islands of the Infantes The Rounding of Africa's Bulge The Portuguese Colonies 8. From the Canaries to the New World The Context of Columbus The Last Canarian Conquests Granada, the Canaries and America The 'Rise' of Portugal and Castile 9. The Mental Horizon The 'Discovery of Man' The Image of the World References Further Reading I
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