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Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Framing the Questions A Note on Proper Nouns A Note on Bibliography Chapter 1: Setting the Scene The "Legacy" of St. Brendan and Leiv Eirikson Maritime Enterprise beyond Western Europe Why Columbus? Why 1492? First Contact Further Reading Chapter 2: Going There and Getting Back: Technological and Technical Prerequisites and Developments in Travel Travel Shipbuilding Navigation and Cartography Endurance Sailing Technique Conclusion A Note on Medical Practice Further Reading Chapter 3: Conquest and Coercion: Technological and Technical Prerequisites and Developments in Warfare Manpower Training Morale Movement Firepower Command and Control Logistics Conclusion A Note on Fortifications Further Reading Chapter 4: Exploitation Leadership The Idea of the Hero Self-proclaimed Heroes: The Case of Cortés Voluntary Migration Plundering Plundering the Natural Environment: The Case of Mining Plundering the Human Environment: Slavery Trade Conclusion Further Reading Chapter 5: The Availability or Absence of Alternatives to North Atlantic Expansion Empires within Europe European Margins Africa Margins of the Atlantic The South Atlantic and Asia Monopoly versus Competitive Free Trade Conclusion Further Reading Chapter 6: The Push and Pull of Environmental Factors Climate Change Climate and Communication Climate and Food Population Cultural Responses to Environmental Factors Conclusions Further Reading Chapter 7: 1492/1607: From the Halls of Motecuçoma to the Lodge of Pocahontas Peoples of the Atlantic Peoples of Africa Peoples of the American Mainland A "Spanish" Empire? Too Large a World? El Dorado: The Curse of Bullion? Conquest and Conversion: Models of Empire The Iberian Achievement and the Challenges to Monopoly Further Reading Chapter 8: 1607/1697: La Nouvelle-France, New England, Nieuw Nederland, and Nya Sverige Diversity Mercantilism, Capitalism, Globalisation? Experiences in Common The Roads Not Taken Hispanic Resurgence Colonial Multilateralism L'Amérique Française Peoples of the Great Spirit Wars of Independence Conclusion Further Reading Chapter 9: 1697/1763: Rule Britannia? Great Power Dynamics in Europe The Minor Players Peace and War Distinguished Domestic Stresses A Colonial Life Indigenous Peoples Conclusion Further Reading Conclusions and Prospects Notes
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Europe -- Territorial expansion.
America -- Discovery and exploration.
Europe -- Colonies -- History.
Discoveries in geography.