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The European Voyages of Exploration: The Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries URL: http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/ Description: This multimedia tutorial focuses on Spain and Portugal's explorations and conquests in Asia, Africa, the Atlantic, the Caribbean, and the Americas. The economic, political, and cultural circumstances that contributed to exploration, short histories of the two countries, maps, discussions of collateral issues (e.g., slavery, navigation, religion), and an article about Columbus are included. Produced by The Applied History Research Group at the University of Calgary. Author: LaLonde, V.R.; Chastko, Paul Publisher: The Applied History Research Group, University of Calgary Library of Congress Subject Headings: Discoveries in geography Explorers Portugal -- History Spain -- History LII Database Information: Record 9874 created by Dana Evans on 03/29/1999 Last modification on 07/05/2004 Published: 03/29/1999 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/9874 |