The European discovery of America, the southern voyages A.D. 1492-1616

The European discovery of America, the southern voyages A.D. 1492-1616

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Emphasizes the discoveries and explorations of Columbus, Magellan and Drake during the period

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morison, Samuel Eliot, 1887-1976
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1974
New York, 1974
Subjects:
Voyages and travels
Discoveries in geography
America > Discovery and exploration
Latin America > Discovery and exploration
America
Table of Contents:
  • Christopher Columbus
  • His "Enterprise of the Indies"
  • Columbus's first voyage of discovery, August - October 1492
  • The Greater Antilles, 12 October 1492 - 15 March 1493
  • Triumph and tragedy, March 1493 - April 1494
  • Jamaica, Cuba, and rebellion, 1494-1496
  • Third voyage, mainland discovered, 1498-1500
  • The mariner's day
  • "Minor voyages" : the Spanish Main, 1499-1526
  • The discovery of Brazil, 1500-1508
  • Columbus's fourth voyage, 1502-1504
  • Vespucci and Solis, 1499-1516
  • Ferdinand Magellan
  • Armada de Molucca, 1517-1519
  • Magellan's voyage to the Strait, 1519-1520
  • "The Strait that shall forever bear his name", October - November 1520
  • Across the Pacific
  • Philippines and Spice Islands
  • Homeward bound, 1522
  • Spain's follow-up to Magellan, 1525-1565
  • Bermuda, Florida, and the Gulf, 1505-143
  • Sebastian Cabot goes to sea, 1526-1530
  • The conquest of the river Plate, 1534-1580
  • France and Portugal in Brazil, 1504-1568
  • Back to the Strait, 1534-1558
  • California before Drake
  • Drake's voyage of circumnavigation, 1577-1579
  • Drake in California, 1579
  • The voyages of Sarmiento de Gamboa, 1571-1589
  • The voyages of Thomas Cavendish, 1586-1593
  • The discovery of Cape Horn, 1598-1616
  • Christopher Columbus
  • His "Enterprise of the Indies"
  • Columbus's first voyage of discovery, August-October 1492
  • The Greater Antilles, 12 October 1492-15 March 1493
  • Triumph and tragedy, March 1493-April 1494
  • Jamaica, Cuba, and rebellion, 1494-1496
  • Third voyage, mainland discovered, 1498-1500
  • The mariner's day
  • "Minor voyages" : the Spanish Main, 1499-1526
  • The discovery of Brazil, 1500-1508
  • Columbus's fourth voyage, 1502-1504
  • Vespucci and Solis, 1499-1516
  • Ferdinand Magellan
  • Armada de Molucca, 1517-1519
  • Magellan's voyage to the Strait, 1519-1520
  • "The Strait that shall forever bear his name," October-November 1520
  • Across the Pacific
  • Philippines and Spice Islands
  • Homeward bound, 1522
  • Spain's follow-up to Magellan, 1525-1565
  • Bermuda, Florida, and the Gulf, 1505-1543
  • Sebastian Cabot goes to sea, 1526-1530
  • The conquest of the river Plate, 1534-1580
  • France and Portugal in Brazil, 1504-1568
  • Back to the Strait, 1534-1558
  • California before Drake
  • Drake's voyage of circumnavigation, 1577-1579
  • Drake in California, 1579
  • The voyages of Sarmiento de Gamboa, 1571-1589
  • The voyages of Thomas Cavendish, 1586-1593
  • The discovery of Cape Horn, 1598-1616

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