by Glenn J. Ames · Il Mulino · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788815233936
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This book examines the geographical explorations and discoveries made by Europeans between the 16th and 18th centuries, a period that constituted one of the great revolutions in human history. Before this, different civilizations flourished in relative isolation, with only sporadic contact. European expansion laid the foundations for the global interconnection that defines today's globalized world. The volume traces the two centuries in which Europe set out to discover and conquer the world, establishing the great colonial empires that characterized the modern age: the Portuguese empire in Asia and Brazil, the Spanish in the New World, the Dutch in Asia, the English in North America and India, and the French in the Caribbean and Canada.
