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9780072818444
This module invites students to explore the historiography and sources of the Atlantic Basin during the age of exploration. Once a nearly impassable barrier, Columbus and subsequent explorers punctured the veil of ignorance and uncertainty cloaking the Atlantic. In doing so, they raised the curtain on a new, dramatic chapter of cross-cultural encounters whose cultural, political, economic, and biological exchanges transformed the modern world.James West Davidson is the author of 'After the Fact Interactive: Envisioning the Atlantic World', published 2002 under ISBN 9780072818444 and ISBN 0072818441.
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