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Informationen zum Autor GEOFFREY SYMCOX is Professor of History! University of California! Los Angeles! USA. BLAIR SULLIVAN is Managing Editor! Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies! University of California! Los Angeles! USA. Klappentext In 1492! previously separate worlds collided and new era of exploration and colonisation began. Columbus's four Atlantic voyages (1492-1504) helped link Africa! Europe! and the Americas in a conflicted economic and cultural symbiosis. These carefully selected documents describe the voyages and their immediate impact on Europe and the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean. Geoffrey Symcox and Blair Sullivan's engaging introduction presents a nuanced portrait of Columbus as a significant historical actor who improvised responses to a changed world. Document headnotes provide context for understanding Columbus's voyages within the broader context of fifteenth-century Europe and the policies of the Spanish crown. Zusammenfassung Columbus's four Atlantic voyages (1492-1504) helped link Africa, Europe, and the Americas in a conflicted economic and cultural symbiosis. Document headnotes provide context for understanding Columbus's voyages within the broader context of fifteenth-century Europe and the policies of the Spanish crown. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword.- Preface.- List of Illustrations.- PART ONE: INTRODUCTION.- PART TWO: THE DOCUMENTS.- Christopher Columbus.- The Four Voyages.- First voyage! 1492-1493.- Second voyage! 1493-1496.- Third voyage! 1498-1500.- Fourth voyage! 1502-1504.- European Constructions of the New World.- Appendixes.- Chronology.- Questions for Consideration.- Selected Bibliography.- Glossary.- Index.
