The Expansion of Europe
ASSIGNMENTS
Homework:
NOTE: You should read all the following, except the Study Guide, which is optional.
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Primary Sources
The Discovery of North America by Leif Erikson, c. 1000
Marco Polo: The Glories of Kinsay (Hang Chow) (c. 1300)
Marco Polo: On the Tartars (c.1300)
Sir John Mandeville: "On Prester John" (c. 1366)
Letter to Prester John (In Latin)
Privileges and Prerogatives granted by their Catholic Majesties to Christopher Columbus (1492)
Extracts from the Journals of Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus: Letter to the King and Queen of Spain, (c. 1494)
Bartoleme De Las Casas: Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies
Amerigo Vespucci: Account of his First Voyage (1497)
John Cabot: Voyage to North America (1497)
Vasco da Gama: Round Africa to India: (1497-98)
Letters Patent from King Henry VII to John Cabot and Sons to discover New and Unknown Lands
Letter from Fra Soncino to The Duke of Milan regarding John Cabot's First Voyage (1497)
Ferdinand Magellan's Voyage Round the World (1519-1522)
Nicholas Monardes: Of the Tobaco and of His Greate Vertues (1577)
Web Links
"Did Marco Polo Really Make it to China?"
Columbus and the Age of Discovery
Christopher Columbus: Man and Myth (LOC)
"Morphed" Image of Christopher Columbus from Separate Prints.
The Columbus Navigation Homepage
Columbus and Genocide (American Historical Review)
Tutorials from the University of Calgary -- European Voyages of Exploration:
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