Course guide includes bibliographical references. Lectures delivered by Professor Glyndwr Williams, University of London.
Contents:
Lecture 1. The world before Columbus -- Lecture 2. The voyages of Christopher Columbus -- Lecture 3. The voyage of Vasco da Gama and the "sea road" to the east -- Lecture 4. The first circumnavigation: the voyage of Ferdinand Magellan -- Lecture 5. The second circumnavigation: the voyage of Francis Drake -- Lecture 6. The tools of discovery -- Lecture 7. Life at sea -- Lecture 8. Voyages of delusion: the search for the northwest passage -- Lecture 9. The Pacific Ocean: the great unknown -- Lecture 10. The "rambling voyages" of William Dampier -- Lecture 11. Vitus Bering and the Russian discovery of America -- Lecture 12. The Pacific voyages of James Cook -- Lecture 13. The revolution in navigation and health -- Lecture 14. The world after Cook.
Summary:
Examines the period in world history from the late fifteenth century voyages of Columbus and da Gama to the eighteenth century voyages of James Cook.
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