The Atlantic World: A History, 1400 - 1888

by Douglas R. Egerton, Kris Lane, Alison Games, et al.

Book Overview

Before the voyage of Columbus in 1492, the Atlantic Ocean stood as a barrier to contact between the people (and their ideas and institutions), plants, animals, and microbes of Eurasia and Africa on the one hand and the Americas on the other. Following Columbus's voyage, the Atlantic turned into a conduit for transferring these things among the four continents bordering the ocean in ways that affected people living on each of them. The appearance of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0882952455
• ISBN13: 9780882952451
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 2.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.9" x 9.9"