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The Early Modern World
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Contents
The Early Modern World System
- The European "Age of Discovery"
- WEB See Discovers' Web [At Tue.nl]
Includes a List of
Online Primary Sources
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WEB See Columbus and the Age of Discovery
A splendid, and searchable, collection of over 1100 text articles on Columbus and the
encounter of two worlds
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WEB See Columbus Navigation Homepage
With maps of the various voyages.
- The Discovery of North America by Leif Ericsson, c. 1000
from The Saga of Eric the Red, (1387) [At this Site]
- Christopher Columbus (1451-1506): Selections from Journal,
1492 [At Medieval Sourcebook]
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Christopher Columbus (1451-1506): Letter to Lord Raphael
Sanchez, 14 March 1493 [At UVA]
- Christopher Columbus (1451-1506): Letter to King and Queen of
Spain, prob. 1494 [At Medieval Sourcebook] or here [At
AmericanRev]
- Vasco da Gama (1460-1524): Round Africa to India,
1497-1498 CE [At this Site]
- Amerigo Vespucci (1452-1512): Account of His First
Voyage, 1497 [At this Site]
- Fra Soncino: Letter to Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan,
Regarding John Cabot's First Voyage, 1497 CE [At this Site]
- John Cabot (c.1450-1499): Voyage to North America,
1497 [At this Site]
- Hans Mayr: The Voyage and Acts of Dom Francisco, 1505-
[At this Site]
Activities in Africa
- Ferdinand Magellan's Voyage Round the World, 1519-1522
CE [At this Site]
- Francis Pretty: Sir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round
The World, 1580 [At this Site]
- Sir Walter Raleigh (1554-1618): The Discovery of
Guiana, 1595 [At this Site]
- Sidi Ali Reis (16th Century CE): Mirat ul Memalik (The
Mirror of Countries), 1557 CE [At this Site]
Europeans were not the only ones to look at other cultures. This is a Turkish Admiral's
account of his travels in the world of India and the Middle East.
- For the Americas
see sections on
- South and South-East Asia
- East Asia
- St. Francis Xavier: Letter from India, to the Society of
Jesus at Rome, 1543 [At this Site]
- St. Francis Xavier: Letter on the Missions, to St.
Ignatius de Loyola, 1549 [At this Site]
- St. Francis Xavier: Letter from Japan, to the Society of
Jesus at Goa, 1551 [At this Site]
- St. Francis Xavier: Letter from Japan, to the Society of
Jesus in Europe, 1552 [At this Site]
- Documents on the Chinese Rites Controversy, 1692,
1715, 1721, excerpts [At this Site]
How the Catholic Church "lost" China.
- Will Adams: My Coming to Japan, 1611 [At this
Site]
- Hsu Kuang-chi: Memorial to Fra Matteo Ricci, 1617
[At this Site]
- Mendez Pinto: The Woman with the Cross, c. 1630 [At
this Site]
A Chinese Christian woman.
- Père du Halde: Teaching Science to the Manchu Emperor, c.
1680 [At this Site]
- Père du Halde: The Manchu Emperor and Chinese Music, c.
1680 [At this Site]
- Père du Halde: Chinese Punishments, c. 1680 [At
this Site]
- Père Gerbillon: A Visit to a Lama, c. 1690 [At this
Site]
- The Middle East: Ottomans and Safavids - Rivals of European Powers
- Africa
- Eastern Europe Becomes a Peripheral Area
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Mercantile Capitalism
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Reflections on the Trade
and the New Economy
- Thomas Mun (1571-1641): England's Treasure By Forraign
Trade, excerpts, 1664 [At this Site]
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Thomas Mun (1571-1641): England's Treasure
by Foreign Trade, pub 1664, extracts, [At Then Again] and
extracts [At Hanover]
- Josiah Child: Brief
Observations Concerning Trade and Interest of Money, 1668 [At Yale]
- John Locke (1632-1704): Further
Considerations Concerning Raising the Value of Money [At Yale]
- Governor Glen: The
Role of the Indians in the Rivalry Between France, Spain, and England, 1761 [At The
American Revolution Site]
- Adam Smith: From The Wealth of Nations, 1776: Of Colonies, and The Cost of
Empire [At The American Revolution Site]
-
Daniel Defoe (c. 1659-1731): Robinson Crusoe [At
Project Gutenberg][Full text]
The classic colonialist novel.
- Summary of Immanuel Wallerstein's World System Theory [At
this Site][Modern summary]
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NOTES: Dates of accession of material added since July 1998 can be seen in the New Additions page.. The date of inception
was 9/22/1997. Links to files at other site are indicated by [At some indication of the site
name or location]. Locally available texts are marked by [At this Site]. WEB indicates a link to one of small
number of high quality web sites which provide either more texts or an especially valuable
overview.
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