Opis: The Race to the New World - Douglas Hunter

Every schoolchild knows that "in 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue"--but what they don't teach you in history class is that he wasn't the only one. In "The""Race to the New World, " Douglas Hunter tells for the first time the fascinating tale of how Christopher Columbus was embroiled in a high-stakes race with Venetian John Cabot to find a shortcut to the East--and how they found a New World that neither was looking for. Employing fresh research and new translations of critical documents, Hunter reveals the surprisingly intertwined lives of the fabled explorer and his forgotten rival, and provides a fresh perspective on the first years of the European discovery of the New World. "A fascinating story of political desperation and artful salesmanship amid a European struggle for wealth and power."--"The Washington Post""An intriguing and surprising new twist on the old subject . . . Other historians have paralleled the voyages of Columbus and Cabot, but Hunter interweaves their stories and places them firmly into the complex geopolitical landscape of Renaissance Europe . . . As this fascinating historical detective story unfolds, new pieces of an old puzzle are put into place, providing fresh perspective on the traditional discovery narrative. [An] important contribution to the scholarship of exploration history." --"Booklist" "Hunter puts together an intriguing account from an international cooperative research effort among historians to reconstruct sources that were either destroyed or lost ... [He] turns what seems like a well-known story into something well worth exploring again." --"Kirkus Reviews" "Using fresh archival evidence, Hunter expertly recounts Columbus insinuating his way into the Spanish court of Fernando and Isabel through marriage, and Cabot's escape from a bridge-building scheme turned bad in Venice into the arms of an England lusting after the riches attained by ocean exploration ... In a fresh account, Hunter recovers the life and broken career of Martin Behaim, who built one of the first globes and likely fashioned Cabot's proposed route to Asia." --"Publishers Weekly""[Hunter brings] greater clarity to the era of Christopher Columbus...A welcome addition...Highly recommend."--Choice

"Douglas Hunter has produced yet another vivid, original narrative that brings to life a whole period while shedding new light on early explorers who sailed from Europe for the New World. Exhaustively researched, authoritative: I wish I'd written this one"!"--Ken McGoogan, Author of Fatal Passage and Race to the Polar Sea"

"It is always a treat when new information on an interesting topic emerges, or likewise a new interpretation of exisThe World of Christopher Columbus and John Cabot Introduction Race to the New World Afterword Bibliography Notes on Selected Sources and Commentary

Szczegóły: The Race to the New World - Douglas Hunter

Tytuł: The Race to the New World
Autor: Douglas Hunter
Producent: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 9780230341654
Rok produkcji: 2012
Ilość stron: 288
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 0.3 kg

Recenzje: The Race to the New World - Douglas Hunter