The Ottoman Age of Exploration

Zusatztext impeccable scholarship with broad historical perception Informationen zum Autor Giancarlo Casale is Assistant Professor of the History of the Islamic World and the 2009-2011 McKnight Land Grant Professor at the University of Minnesota. Klappentext The Ottoman Age of Exploration is the first comprehensive historical account of this century-long struggle for global dominance. Based on extensive research in the archives of Turkey and Portugal, as well as materials written on three continents and in a half dozen languages, it presents an unprecedented picture of the global reach of the Ottoman state during the sixteenth century. Zusammenfassung The Ottoman Age of Exploration is the first comprehensive historical account of this century-long struggle for global dominance. Based on extensive research in the archives of Turkey and Portugal, as well as materials written on three continents and in a half dozen languages, it presents an unprecedented picture of the global reach of the Ottoman state during the sixteenth century.

Product details

• Authors: CASALE, Giancarlo Casale, Casale Giancarlo
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.02.2010
• EAN: 9780195377828
• ISBN: 978-0-19-537782-8
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History; Travel > Travel guides > World, Arctic, Antarctic; Ottoman Empire, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, Geographical discovery & exploration, Colonialism & imperialism, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Middle Eastern history, Colonialism and imperialism, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Geographical discovery and exploration, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600