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020			_a0230110118 (hardcover) _c$27.00
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100	1		_aHunter, Douglas.
245	1	4	_aThe race to the new world : _bchristopher columbus, john cabot, and a lost history of discovery / _cDouglas Hunter.
260			_a[S.l.] : _bPalgrave Macmillan, _c2011.
300			_a288 p. ; _c24 cm.
520			_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.
856	4	0	_3Amazon.com _uhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0230110118/chopaconline-20
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