World Encompassed
In this authoritative study, first published in 1981, Geoffrey Scammell traces the course of European expansion between around 800 and 1650, during which time the world known to western Europeans was enlarged in a way unparalleled before or since.
The book takes a broad historical perspective, linking the classic age of European expansion to its medieval antecedents. The Norse reached North Americ...
In this authoritative study, first published in 1981, Geoffrey Scammell traces the course of European expansion between around 800 and 1650, during which time the world known to western Europeans was enlarged in a way unparalleled before or since.
The book takes a broad historical perspective, linking the classic age of European expansion to its medieval antecedents. The Norse reached North Americ...
