Europe and a Wider World

1415–1715

J. H. Parry

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN: 9781040333990
• Edition: 0
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: European History
• Index: History

Originally published in 1949, and as a third revised edition in 1966, this is a fascinating, lucid and comprehensive survey of the complicated succession of colonial empires in east and west. The book begins with an analysis of the scientific knowledge and technical limitations of trade, exploration and discovery in the age of the Renaissance. It describes in turn the Portuguese and Spanish discoveries, the organization of their empires for trade and government, the attempts of the Northern Europeans to penetrate through America or find markets and sources of supply in it, and the struggle of the Dutch with their rivals in the East and of the English with their rivals in the West.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Introduction: The Bounds of Christendom, 1415
• 1 The Tools of the Explorers
• 2 ‘Christians and Spices’
• 3 The New World
• 4 The Silver Empire
• 5 Fishermen, Explorers and Slavers
• 6 The Struggle for Eastern Trade
• 7 The English Plantations
• 8 Rival Empires in America
• 9 The Old Colonial System
• 10 Trade and Dominion in the East
• 11 Slavery and the War for Trade
• Epilogue: The Bounds of Christendom, 1715
• Suggestions for Further Reading
• Index