Historical atlas of exploration Book

	Introduction	6
	The Age of Discovery	8
Chapter 1	Europe in the 15th Century	12
	Dynastic Portugal	14
	Fragmented Spain	16
	England and France	18
	The Church and the Pope	20
Chapter 2	An African Prelude	22
	Prince Henry the Navigator	24
	North and West Africa in the 15th Century	26
	Goncalo Cabral & Gil Eannes The Canaries	28
	Alvise da Cadamosto & Diogo Gomes Cape Verde	30
	Diogo Cao West Africa	32
	Bartolomeu Dias Cape of Good Hope	34
Chapter 3	Wind and Current	36
	Ships of Discovery	38
	Navigation in the Age of Discovery	42
Chapter 4	Across the Ocean Sea	44
	Christopher Columbus The Caribbean Basin	46
	Pre-Columbian Caribbean Cultures	52
	Martin and Vicente Pinzon The Caribbean Basin	54
	Panfilo de Narvaez Cuba	56
	Foundation of the Early Settlements	58
Chapter 5	Sea Routes to the Indies	60
	Vasco da Gama India	62
	India in 1498	66
	Pedro Alvarez Cabral Brazil by accident	68
	Diego Lopes de Sequeira Spice Islands	70
	Alfonso de Albuquerque India and Malaya	72
Chapter 6	The Coastline of North America	74
	John Cabot Newfoundland	76
	Native Cultures of the Atlantic Coast	80
	Gaspar & Miguel Corte-Real Central seaboard	82
	Sebastian Cabot Southern seaboard	84
	Juan Ponce de Leon Florida	86
	Giovanni da Verrazzano Atlantic seaboard	88
Chapter 7	The Discovery of South America	90
	Amerigo Vespucci South American coast	92
	Alonso de Ojeda Colombia	94
	The Conquistadors: Winning an Empire	96
	Francisco Pizarro Peru	98
	South American Culture in the 16th Century	102
	The Inca Empire	104
	Francisco de Orellana Amazon	106
Chapter 8	The Conquest of Central America	108
	The Maya Culture	110
	The Aztecs	112
	Vasco Nunez de Balboa Pacific Ocean	114
	Pedro de Alvarado Central America	116
	Hernan Cortez Mexico	118
	Juan de la Cosa Mappa Mundi	122
Chapter 9	The Pacific and Around the Globe	124
	Ferdinand Magellan circumnavigation	126
	Miguel Lopez de Legazpi Philippines	132
	Alvaro Mendana de Neyra Solomon Islands	133
	St. Francis Xavier Japan	136
	Japan in the 16th Century	138
	China in the 16th Century	140
	Sir Francis Drake circumnavigation	142
Chapter 10	The Northwest Passage	144
	Jacques Cartier St. Lawrence	146
	Martin Frobisher Baffin Island	150
	John Davis Davis Strait	152
	Willoughby & Chancellor Northeast passage	154
	The Arctic Waste	156
Chapter 11	Inland Quests	158
	Hernando de Soto Mississippi	160
	American Cultures of the Southwest	164
	Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca New Mexico	166
	Francisco Vasquez de Coronado California	168
	In Search of Myths	170
Chapter 12	Mapping the Discoveries	172
	Charting Africa	172
	Lands of Silk and Spices	174
	Beyond the Western Sea	176
	The New World	178
Chapter 13	The Prize and Legacy of Discovery	180
	The Spanish New World Empire	182
	The Portuguese Seaborne Empire	184
	A World Brought Together	186
Appendix	The Explorers	190
	Index	190