01686nam a2200181 a 4500001001500000005001700015008004100032020003500073020003000108040000600138082001200144100002100156245011800177260004100295300002100336520106500357856008201422ASIN023011011820170105102909.0131025s2011    xxu                 eng d  a0230110118 (hardcover)c$27.00  a9780230110113 (hardcover)  a0  a970.0151 aHunter, Douglas.14aThe race to the new world :bchristopher columbus, john cabot, and a lost history of discovery /cDouglas Hunter.  a[S.l.] :bPalgrave Macmillan,c2011.  a288 p. ;c24 cm.  aThe final decade of the fifteenth century was a turning point in world history. The Genoese mariner Christopher Columbus sailed westward on the Atlantic Ocean in 1492, famously determined to discover for Spain a shorter and more direct route to the riches of the Indies. Meanwhile, a fellow Italian explorer for hire, John Cabot, set off on his own journey, under England's flag. Here, Douglas Hunter tells the fascinating tale of how, during this expedition, Columbus gained a rival. In the space of a few critical years, these two men engaged in a high-stakes race that threatened the precarious diplomatic balance of Europe-to exploit what they believed was a shortcut to staggering wealth. Instead, they found a New World that neither was looking for. Hunter provides a revelatory look at how the lives of Columbus and Cabot were interconnected, and how neither explorer can be understood properly without understanding both. Together, Cabot and Columbus provide a novel and important perspective on the first years of European experience of the New World.403Amazon.comuhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0230110118/chopaconline-20