A History of the Two Indies
Subtitle: A Translated Selection of Writings from Raynal's Histoire Philosophique Et Politique Des Etablissements Des Europeens Dans Les Des Deux Indes
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: June 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780754640431
Subjects: World history: c 1500 to c 1750; World history: c 1750 to c 1900; History - General History; Colonization; History; World history; History: World; Caribbean islands; Modern - General; Colonies; Caribbean & West Indies - Cuba; Caribbean & West Indies - General; World - General; Early works to 1800
First sentence: Nothing in the history of mankind in general, and of the peoples of Europe in particular, has been so significant as the discovery of the New World and the route to India by the Cape of Good Hope.