HIST 1500Y Lecture 4: Module 2: 1942, 1948 and Global Diasters
6 Oct 2016
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Slide 1: module 2: 1492, 1498 and global disasters. No text, except a quotation from adam smith, the wealth of nations, 1776 the discovery of. America and that of a passage to india are the greatest and most important events recorded in human history . Not in itself but because of its consequences. Columbus" 1492 landing on guanahan /san salvador had a sustained and intense follow-up that triggered forced incorporation of the americas into the global network. Images: a portrait of columbus; a marker commemorating columbus" landing on. Slide 3 (not) in search of the americas, but a westward route to asia (the indies ) Fabulous riches, luxuries, and supposedly christian allies. Proposal was 3x rejected because columbus" assumptions were erroneous: the earth one-third smaller length of degree at the equator. Asia much larger marco polo; other authorities: ptolemy, Not because of a belief that the earth was flat.
