Toward the setting sun : Columbus, Cabot, Vespucci, and the race for America /
When Constantinople fell to the Ottomans in 1453, the long-established trade routes to the East became treacherous and expensive. Enterprising young men took to the sea in search of new lands, new routes, new markets, and of course the possibility of glory and vast fortunes. Historian Boyle reveals...
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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New York :
Walker & Co. :
2008.
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Edition: | 1st U.S. ed. |
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Evans: Library Stacks
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E101 .B794 2008 |
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E101 .B794 2008 | Aged to lost |