Pathfinders Pa

by Fernandez-Armesto,Felipe

• ISBN13: 9780393330915
• ISBN10: 0393330915
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2007-10-17
• Publisher: W W NORTON

Summary

Greeted with coast-to-coast acclaim on publication, Fernández-Armesto's ambitious history of world exploration sets a new standard. Presenting the subject for the first time on a truly global scale, Fernández-Armesto tracks the pathfinders who, over the past five millennia, lay down the routes of contact that have drawn together the farthest reaches of the world. The Wall Street Journal calls it "impressive...a huge story [told] with gusto and panache." To the Washington Post, "Pathfinders is propelled by an Argonaut of an author, indefatigable and daring. It's a wild ride." And in a front-page review, the Seattle Times hails its "tart and elegant presentation...full of surprises. Fernández-Armesto's lively mind, pithy phrasing, and stunningly thorough and diverse knowledge are a constant pleasure." A plenitude of illustrations and maps in color and black and white augment this rich history. In Pathfinders we have a definitive treatment of a grand subject.

Author Biography

Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, a world-renowed scholar and author, is the Principe de Asturias Professor of Spanish Culture and Civilization at Tufts University

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. xiii
List of Plates	p. xv
List of Maps	p. xvi
Stretching: The First Trail Finders from Gathering Cultures to Great Empires	p. 1
Reaching: Exploring the Oceans to About a Thousand Years Ago	p. 41
Stirring: Landward Explorations in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages	p. 71
Springing: The Maritime Turn of the Late Middle Ages and the Penetration of the Atlantic	p. 109
Vaulting: The Great Leap Forward of the 1490s	p. 153
Girdling: Connecting Global Routes, c.1500-c.1620	p. 193
Connecting: Global Reconvergence, c.1620-c.1740	p. 245
Deepening: Enhancing the World-Picture, c.1740s-c.1840s	p. 289
Globalizing: The Narrowing Horizon, c.1850-c.2000	p. 349
Notes	p. 401
Picture Acknowledgements	p. 418
Index	p. 419
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