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In this authoritative study, first published in 1981, Geoffrey Scammell traces the course of European expansion between around 800 and 1650, during which time the world known to western Europeans was enlarged in a way unparalleled before or since.

The book takes a broad historical perspective, linking the classic age of European expansion to its medieval antecedents. The Norse reached North America in the tenth century, Italian missionaries and traders were established in China in the high Middle Ages, and during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, in some of the greatest voyages ever made under sail, Iberian explorers crossed the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and established footholds in the Americas, Africa and Asia. This is a stimulating and perceptive study, based on wide-ranging research, which makes an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the influence of empire on both colonial and metropolitan societies.

Book details

• Full title: World Encompassed
• Author: G. V. Scammell
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 552
• EAN: 9781138499430
• ISBN: 1138499439
• ID: 22625205
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Weight: 600 g
• Dimensions: 246 × 174 mm
• Date of publishing: 12. November 2019

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