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050 00 $aE101$b.M852 1978
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100 1 $aMorison, Samuel Eliot,$d1887-1976.
245 14 $aThe great explorers :$bthe European discovery of America /$cSamuel Eliot Morison.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c1978.
300 $axxv, 752 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
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500 $a"A new edition of material selected from two earlier volumes, The European discovery of America : the Northern voyages, A.D. 500-1600 ... and The European discovery of America : the Southern voyages, 1492-1616."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aEnglish ships and seamen 1490-1600 -- John Cabot's voyages 1497-1798 -- Voyages to the Labrador and Newfoundland 1500-1536 -- The French maritime background 1453-1590 -- The voyages of Verrazzano 1524-1528 -- Cartier's first voyage 1534 -- Cartier's second voyage 1535-1536 -- The search for Saguenay 1538-1543 -- Queen Elizabeth and her master mariners -- Frobisher's second and third voyages 1577-1578 -- The northern voyages of John Davis 1585-1587 -- Christopher Columbus -- His "enterprise of the Indies" -- Columbus's first voyage of discovery, August-October 1492 -- The greater Antilles, 12 October 1492-15 March 1493 -- Triumph and tragedy, March 1493-April 1494 -- Jamaica, Cuba, and rebellion, 1494-1496 -- Third voyage, mainland discovered, 1498-1500 -- The mariner's day -- Columbus's fourth voyage, 1502-1504 -- Ferdinand Magellan -- Armada de Molucca, 1517-1519 -- Magellan's voyage to the strait, 1519-1520 -- "The strait that shall forever bear his name," October-November 1520 -- Across the Pacific -- Philippines and Spice Islands -- Homeward bound, 1522 -- Drake's voyage of circumnavigation, 1577-1579 -- Drake in California, 1579.
505 0 $aEnglish ships and seamen 1490-1600. Design, build, and rigging ; Getting under way ; Food, cooking, and clothing ; The sailor, his wages and division of labor ; Ballast and bilgewater ; Navigation ; Shipboard religion ; Weapons, sweeps, and anchors -- John Cabot's voyages 1497-1798. Who was John Cabot? ; Bristol and the Transatlantic Passage ; The landfall ; June 1497 ; The coastal voyage ; His homeward passage ; Cabot's second voyage -- Voyages to the Labrador and Newfoundland 1500-1536. Joao Fernandes, Lavrador ; Gaspar and Miguel Corte Real ; The Anglo-Azorean syndicate and Sebastian Cabot ; Fishermen and Newfoundland cartography, 1502-1524 ; Joao Alvares Fagundes ; Robert Thorne's letter and John Rut's voyage ; Master Hore's tourist cruise -- The French maritime background 1453-1590. Emerging Normandy ; Brittany ; La Rochelle ; Bordeaux and the Gironde ; Shipbuilding ; Inauguration of the Grand Bank fishery -- The voyages of Verrazzano 1524-1528. Francois-premier and the search for a northern strait ; Giovanni da Verrazzano, gentleman explorer ; From Deserta to the "Isthmus" ; Et in Arcadia Ego ; Angouleme and Refugio ; Maine, "land of bad people" ; End of the voyage, and Giovanni -- Cartier's first voyage 1534. Le maitre-pilote Jacques Cartier ; Cartier's first voyage gets under way ; South shore of the Labrador ; West coast of Newfoundland ; Brion, Magdalen, and Prince Edward Islands ; Gaspe ; Anticosti and home -- Cartier's second voyage 1535-1536. To sea with royal and Episcopal blessing ; Retracing first voyage ; Le Chemyn de Canada ; Stadacone-Quebec ; Hochelaga ; First winter in Canada -- The search for Saguenay 1538-1543. Preparations for Cartier's third voyage ; Roberval and diplomatic snooping ; Cartier's third voyage ; Cartier meets Roberval and goes home ; The valiant demoiselle ; France-Roy and search for Saguenay -- Queen Elizabeth and her master mariners. Gloriana ; Enter Gilbert and Frobisher ; Martin Frobisher's first voyage, 1576 -- Frobisher's second and third voyages 1577-1578. Second voyage begins ; Frobisher Bay again ; Conclusion of second voyage ; Third voyage ; The "Mistaken Straits" ; A summer's ore-gathering ; Homeward bound ; Conclusion -- The northern voyages of John Davis 1585-1587. John Davis, master mariner ; First voyage, 1585 ; Second voyage 1586 ; Third voyage, 1587 -- Christopher Columbus. The African background ; Enter Columbus ; Early years at sea -- His "enterprise of the Indies." Columbus's great idea ; Dealing with princes ; Isabella takes him on ; Preparations for first voyage -- Columbus's first voyage of discovery, August-October 1492. Columbus the man ; From Palos to San Salvador -- The Greater Antilles, 12 October 1492-15 March 1493. South to Cuba ; Hispaniola ; Homeward passage -- Triumph and tragedy, March 1493-April 1494. Hour of triumph ; Columbus's second voyage ; From Dominica to Navidad ; Evil days at Isabela -- Jamaica, Cuba, and rebellion, 1494-1496. Jamaica and the south coast of Cuba ; Hispaniola and home -- Third voyage, mainland discovered, 1498-1500. Preparations ; Third voyage, to Trinidad ; First continental landing ; An "other world" ; Home in chains ; Bibliographical note -- The mariner's day. Time and watches ; Ritual and religion ; Food and drink ; Navigation ; End of a day at sea -- Columbus's fourth voyage, 1502-1504. The "high voyage" ; Santa Maria de Belen ; Marooned in Jamaica ; Death of the admiral -- Ferdinand Magellan -- Armada de Molucca, 1517-1519. Preparations ; Ships and crews ; Under way -- Magellan's voyage to the strait, 1519-1520. From Sanlucar to the River Plate ; The coast of Patagonia -- "The strait that shall forever bear his name," October-November 1520. Strait discovered ; From Cape Virgins to Cape Pillar -- Across the Pacific. North from Cape Pillar ; Las Islas Infortunatas ; Starvation at sea, relief at Guam ; From Samar to Cebu ; Battle of Mactan and death of Magellan -- Philippines and Spice Islands. Massacre at Cebu ; Through the Philippines to the spiceries -- Homeward bound, 1522. Trinidad's fatal attempt ; Victoria's voyage home -- Drake's voyage of circumnavigation, 1577-1579. From Plymouth to Puerto San Julian ; Through the Strait to furthest south ; The buccaneering phase ; Bibliographic note -- Drake in California, 1579. Nova Albion ; The good bay of Nova Albion ; The plate of brass, or was it lead? ; Voyage home.
520 $aPresents material selected from Morison's two earlier books--The European Discovery of America: The Northern Voyages, A.D. 500-1600 and The European Discovery of America: The The Southern Voyages, 1492-1616.
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651 0 $aAmerica$xDiscovery and exploration.
650 0 $aVoyages and travels.
651 6 $aAmérique$xDécouverte et exploration.
650 7 $aDiscoveries in geography.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00894950
650 7 $aVoyages and travels.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01169308
651 7 $aAmerica.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01239786
650 7 $aVoyages and travels.$2sears
651 7 $aAmerica$xExploration.$2sears
776 08 $iOnline version:$aMorison, Samuel Eliot, 1887-1976.$tGreat explorers.$dNew York : Oxford University Press, 1978$w(OCoLC)561100321
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