What visions the phrase conjures up! Yet what confusion! The discovery of America by Columbus reverently learned by schoolboys as one of the great and clearcut accomplishments of history, is, when subjected to examination, filled with uncertainty. What do we mean by "America"?
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Based on the Age of Discovery.
Includes such topics as:
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The Norse Discovery of "Vinland"
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The Quest for "Asia"
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The "Invention" of America
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Maps and Mapmakers
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General Acounts
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Europeans in Asia
- Exploration of the Pacific
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"What visions the phrase conjures up! Yet what confusion! The discovery of America by Columbus reverently learned by schoolboys as one of the great and clearcut accomplishments of history, is, when subjected to examination, filled with uncertainty. What do we mean by "America"?"
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Bibliography: p. 21-26.
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