1492
Subtitle: the year the four corners of the earth collided
By: Felipe Fernandez-Armesto.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780061132278
Subjects: History, Modern; Civilization, Modern -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: This world is small : prophecy and reality in 1492; title: To constitute Spain to the service of God : the extinction of Islam in Western Europe; title: I can see the horsemen : the strivings of Islam in Africa; title: No sight more pitiable : the Mediterranean world and the re-distribution of the Sephardim; title: They are seeking fame and honour : culture and conflict in Italy; title: Towards the land of darkness : Russia and the eastern marches of Christendom; title: That sea of blood : Columbus and the Transatlantic link; title: Among the singing willows : China, Japan, and Korea; title: The seas of milk and butter : the Indian Ocean rim; title: The fourth world : indigenous societies in the Atlantic and the Americas; title: Epilogue the world we're in.