Toward the Setting Sun: Cabot, Columbus, Vespucci and the Race for America - Couverture rigide

Boyle, David

 
9780802716514: Toward the Setting Sun: Cabot, Columbus, Vespucci and the Race for America
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0802716512 ISBN 13 : 9780802716514
Editeur : Walker & Co, 2008

Synopsis

Toward the Setting Sun The untold story of the rivalries and alliances between Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, and John Cabot during the Age of Exploration.When Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1453, the long-established trade routes to the East became treacherous and expensive, forcing merchants of all sorts to find new ways of obtaining and trading their goods. Enterprising young men took to the sea in search of new lands, new routes, new markets, and of course the possibility of glory and vast fortunes. Offering an original vision of the race to discover America, David Boyle reveals that the race was, in fact, as much about commerce and trade as it was about...

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Éditeur
Walker & Co
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0802716512
ISBN 13 
9780802716514
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
421
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
WordUnited GmbH
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