Internet Medieval Sourcebook Selected Sources: Exploration and Expansion
Contents
General
Western Orientalism
Maritime Exploration and Conquest- SeeModern History Sourcebook: Early Modern World Page for more texts on early overseas exploration.
- Portuguese Exploration
- Columbus
- The "Columbian Exchange"
- Other Explorers
- Amerigo Vespucci (1452-1512):Account of His First Voyage, 1497
- Fra Soncino:Letter to Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, Regarding John Cabot's First Voyage, 1497
- John Cabot (c.1450-1499):Voyage to North America, 1497
- Ferdinand Magellan's Voyage Round the World, 1519-1522
- Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca:Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America, 1542, translated and annotated by Cyclone Covey (1963, copyright not renewed), full text [At ibiblio]
"The semi-official report to the king of Spain by the ranking surviving officer of a royal expedition to conquer Florida which fantastically miscarried." - Francis Pretty:Sir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round The World, 1580
- Other World Cultures and Exploration
- Sidi Ali Reis (16th Century CE):Mirat ul Memalik (The Mirror of Countries), 1557
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.
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