MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2011922605
003 DLC
005 20120608150433.0
008 110209s2011 nyuabche b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2011922605
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020 $a9780500289594 (pbk)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn752333442
040 $aAU@$beng$cAU@$dCDX$dYDXCP$dVP@$dCOO$dVGM$dUPM$dBTCTA$dUKMGB$dNYP$dNSB$dDLC
042 $alccopycat
050 00 $aG460$b.B79 2011
082 04 $a910.941$223
100 1 $aBoyle, David,$d1958-
245 10 $aVoyages of discovery /$cDavid Boyle.
260 $aNew York, N.Y. :$bThames & Hudson,$c2011.
300 $a144 p. :$bill. (some col.), ports. (some col.), col. maps ;$c21 cm. +$e9 facsim. documents.
490 1 $aHistory files.
500 $aIncludes nine facsimile documents in pocket attached to inside back cover of book.
520 $aIn the three decades between 1492 and 1522, European merchants and explorers progressed from relative ignorance about the shape of the globe to knowledge of an atlas that was almost complete. They did so in search of spices, gold, silver and slaves, but with rudimentary technology, huge courage and boundless confidence in themselves and their calculations. The exchange of flora, fauna, diet, disease and culture changed the world within a few generations. The final touches to the pattern of oceans and continents came 2.5 centuries later with the voyages of James Cook. Voyages to Africa, Asia, the Americas and the Pacific and the legacies of those journeys and encounters are here dramatically described.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (131-132) and index.
650 0 $aVoyages and travels$xHistory$vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aExplorers$zEurope$xHistory.
650 0 $aDiscoveries in geography$xEuropean$xHistory.
651 0 $aEurope$xCommerce$xHistory.
830 0 $aHistory files.