Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992
Physical Details
xii, 322 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
ISBNs
9780521350976, 0521350972
OCLC
ocm23765696
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The worlds of Christopher Columbus -- Old worlds in isolation -- The quest for trade and Christians -- Tools of expansion -- Columbus's early years in Genoa and Portugal -- Columbus in Spain -- The first voyage -- Columbus and the New World -- Conquest and colonization : Spain in the Caribbean -- Coercion and commerce : the birth of empire -- The post-Columbian world