In 1492, previously separate worlds collided and began to merge, often painfully, into the world-system in which we live today. Columbus’s four Atlantic voyages (1492-1504) helped link Africa, Europe, and the Americas in a conflicted economic and cultural symbiosis. These carefully selected documents describe the voyages and their immediate impact on Europe and the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean. Symcox and Sullivan’s engaging introduction presents Columbus as neither hero nor villain, but as a significant historical actor who improvised responses to a changed world. Document headnotes provide context for understanding Columbus’s voyages within the broader context of fifteenth-century Europe and the policies of the Spanish crown. Maps, illustrations, a chronology, questions for consideration, and a selected bibliography invite students to analyze and interpret the documents.
Sobre el autor
Geoffrey Symcox is Professor of History at University of California, Los Angeles and General Editor of theRepertorium Columbianum.
Blair Sullivan is Managing Editor for the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at University of California, Los Angeles and Associate Editor of the
Repertorium Columbianum.
Idioma Inglés ● Formato PDF ● Páginas 192 ● ISBN 9781137080592 ● Tamaño de archivo 23.1 MB ● Editorial Palgrave Macmillan US ● Ciudad New York ● País US ● Publicado 2016 ● Descargable 24 meses ● Divisa EUR ● ID 5213108 ● Protección de copia DRM social