A biography of the Italian explorer who, in the fifteenth century, became the first European to discover the West Indies islands, located below the southernmost

In this charming and witty dialogue translated by the first professional woman writer in English, a 17th century astronomer staying at the chateau of a beautifu

Generalihistory of North America.

Reproduction of the original: The Discovery of a World in the Moone by John Wilkins

Current historiography suggests that European nations regarded the New World as an inassimilable "other" that posed fundamental challenges to the accepted ideas