This is a primary source collection of narratives about travel and discovery in North and South America, Africa, Asia, and Europe in the 16th century. The authors represent multiple nationalities, including Spanish, Huguenot, French, Italian, and English, and the locations range from Brazil to Canada, China to Virginia, and Angola to Florida, encompassing the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans.

About the Author
Peter C. Mancall is Professor of History at the University of Southern California and the Director of the USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute. He is the author and editor of many titles, including Deadly Medicine: Indians and Alcohol in Early America.

Reviews
...extensive and generous selection of travel narratives from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries...a splendid anthology...auhoritive...and based on wide-ranging scholarship. * Andrew Hadfield, Studies in Travel Writing *



Book Information
ISBN 9780195155976
Author Peter C. Mancall
Format Paperback
Page Count 432
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 599g
Dimensions(mm) 158mm * 231mm * 29mm