Shores of knowledge : New World discoveries and the scientific imagination /
Appleby, Joyce Oldham.
Recounts the triumphs and mishaps of Columbus and other explorers, following the naturalists--both famous and obscure--whose investigations of the world's fauna and flora fueled the rise of science and technology that propelled Western Europe towards modernity.
Recounts the triumphs and mishaps of Columbus and other explorers, following the naturalists--both famous and obscure--whose investigations of the world's fauna and flora fueled the rise of science and technology that propelled Western Europe towards modernity.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-281) and index.

Discoveries in geography
Discoveries in science
Natural history