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Boyle David: Voyages of Discovery

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: In the three decades between 1492 and 1522, European merchants and explorers progressed from relative ignorance about the shape of the globe to knowledge of an atlas that was almost complete. They did so in search of spices, gold, silver and slaves, but with rudimentary technology, huge courage and boundless confidence in themselves and their calculations. The exchange of flora, fauna, diet,…