Title: The Discovery of Mankind
First published: 2008
Description: "Emphasizing contact between peoples rather than the discovery of lands, and using archaeological findings as well as eye-witness accounts, David Abulafia explores the social lives of the inhabitants of the Atlantic World, the motivations and tensions of the first transactions and the swift transmutation of wonder to vicious exploitation. Lucid, readable and scrupulous, this is a work of humane engagement with a period in which a tragically violent standard was set for European conquest of the world."--Jacket.
Subjects: History, European, Discovery and exploration, Public opinion, Acculturation, Culture conflict, Indigenous peoples, First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners, Explorers, Public opinion, europe, America, discovery and exploration, Canary islands, Latin america, First contact (Anthropology)
Places: Europe, Canary Islands, Caribbean Area, America, Latin America
LC classification: E101 .A28 2008