Tudor Geography

ISBN-13: 9781032671680 / Twarda / 2024 / 312 str.

E. G. R. Taylor

Opis

First published in 1930, Tudor Geography discusses the men and the geographical concepts that enabled world-famous voyages by the British with the aim of circumventing Spanish and Portuguese monopoly of the direct routes to the Spice Islands.

Spis treści

1. A Survey of English Geographical Literature to 1550 2. A survey of Geographical Literature: 1550-1583 3. Roger Barlow and Cabot 4. French Influences 5. John Dee and the Search for Cathay 6. John Dee, Frobisher and Drake 7. John Dee and the Search for Cathay 8. Practical Surveying and Navigation in the Nineteenth Century Note on Bibliography Appendix I Appendix Ia Appendix II Appendix III Index

O autorze

E. G. R. Taylor