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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 7
I. THE TOOLS OF THE EXPLORERS
(i) Charts 13
(ii) Ships 21
(iii) Guns 26
II. CHRISTIANS AND SPICES
(i) The Sea Crusaders 29
(ii) The Cape of Storms 32
(iii) The Spice Trade 36
(iv) The Portuguese Indies 40
III. THE NEW WORLD
(i) The Fortunate Isles 44
(ii) Discovery 47
(iii) The Interpretation of Discovery 51
(iv) The Division of the World 55
IV. THE SILVER EMPIRE
(i) The Spanish Conquest 60
(ii) The Theory of Empire 64
(iii) Soldiers, Missionaries and Lawyers 67
(iv) Atlantic Trade and the Silver Fleets 71
V. FISHERMEN, EXPLORERS AND SLAVERS
(i) The Atlantic Fisheries 76
(ii) The Search for a Northern Passage 78
(iii) The Interlopers in America 82
(iv) The Privateers 86
VI. THE STRUGGLE FOR EASTERN TRADE
(i) The Muslim East 90
(ii) The Decline of Portuguese Power 93
(iii) The Companies 97
(iv) The Dutch East Indies 102

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Establishment of the European Hegemony, 1415-1715: Trade and Exploration in the Age of the Renaissance. Contributors: J. H. Parry - author. Publisher: Harper & Row. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1961. Page Number: 5.
    
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