Between the year 1000 and the middle of the fourteenth century a remarkable series of events unfolded as Europeans made contact with a very substantial part of the inhabited world, much of it never previously known to or suspected by them. Leif Ericsson and other Vikings from Greenland discovered North America; European crusading armies established themselves in Syria and Palestine; Marco Polo and other Italian merchants, and missionaries such as John of Monte Corvino penetrated the dominions of the Mongol great Khans as far as China; the Vivaldi brothers sought to open a sea route to India; Jaime Ferrer was lured by dreams of locating the source of West African gold; and the Atlantic island groups, the canaries, Madeira, and the Azores, were all discovered. For this Clarendon Paperback edition, Professor Phillips has added a new Foreword and Conclusion, as well as a bibliographical essay, surveying recent work in what is becoming a thriving area of research.
Reviews
quite breath-taking in its scope...Here is the ideal, comprehensive survey we have all been waiting for. * Irish Historical Studies *
excellent and fascinating book... * Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies *
the best available survey of medieval knowledge of and contact with the lands beyond Europe before 1492. * Journal of World History *



Book Information
ISBN 9780198207405
Author J. R. S. Phillips
Format Paperback
Page Count 344
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Dimensions(mm) 214mm * 137mm * 19mm