"This book represents an extremely useful survey of European exploration and expansion during the early modern period. The author provides a comprehensive examination of this important historical development, from the early rivalry between Spain and Portugal in the fifteenth century to the eighteenth-century exploration of the Pacific by the British and French. The text combines factual information with cogent analysis and interpretation, making the narrative both readable and informative, and the biographies, glossary, and selection of primary documents are helpful supplements to the overview. Students and teachers alike should find the book a very accessible source of information about exploration and imperialism during era in European history." -- Diane C. Margolf, Professor, Department of History, Colorado State University
Ronald S. Love is Associate Professor of History at the University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA. He is co-editor of Distant Lands and Diverse Cultures: The French Experience in Asia, 1600-1700 (Praeger 2002). and is currently completing a book-length study of Franco-Thai relations from 1660-1690.
Contrary to the more usual Eurocentric presentations on the Age of
Discovery, Maritime Exploration provides a balanced approach while
setting the subject within the historical context in which the
events occurred. The book is geared toward students in high school
and the early years of college, but it is equally valuable to the
general reader who wishes to learn about the men and voyages whose
initial purpose was to find gateways to increase commerce, but
eventually devolved into the quest for land, riches, and world
domination.
*Pirates and Privateers*
This is a concise survey of the geographic discoveries made by
Europeans in the early modern period. Beginning with the Portuguese
exploration of the west coast of Africa in the fourteenth century
and ending with the Pacific voyages of Cook, Vancouver and
Malaspina in the late eighteenth century, Ronald S. Love recounts
the major events of European martime discovery in plain and
accessible prose….This book accomplishes its goal of providing a
comprehensive survey of topics essential for the seconday school
and junior undergraduate students….This book will surely be a
central text for instructors developing a new course for students
at the senior secondary or junior undergraduate levels.
*International Journal of Maritime History*
Aimed at student researchers at the high school and beginning
undergraduate levels, this text covers the maritime exploration
that drove European trade and imperial expansion during the period
1415- 1800. Following a chronology and historical overview, Love
describes early Portuguese expeditions along the African coast.
Other topics include the Spanish discovery of the Americas, the
search for a northern passage to China, and the exploration of the
Pacific. Supplementary materials include biographical profiles,
excerpts from primary documents, a glossary, and an annotated
bibliography.
*Reference & Research Book News*
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