Pre-1600: Science, Medicine, and Technology

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Pre-1600: Chapter Nine: Science, Medicine, and Technology

by DAVID COLEMAN

CONTENTS

CHRONOLOGY 204

OVERVIEW 209

TOPICS IN THE NEWS

Background: An Age of Renaissance and Recovery 211

The Travels of Marco Polo 212

Background: Culture and Thought in Renaissance Italy 213

Background: The Printing Press and the Spread of Ideas 214

Europes Place in the World: Classical Geography and Its Legacy 214

Europes Place in the World: Evidence from Medieval Maps 216

Predictions of Other Lands 216

Europes Place in the World: Geographical Speculation in the Renaissance Era 217

Columbuss Sense of Religious Mission 218

Exploring the Atlantic: Portuguese and Spanish Voyages before Columbus 218

Growth of an Idea: Columbus and the Enterprise of the Indies 219

Mariners and Their Ships: A Revolution in Ship Design 220

Mariners and Their Ships: The Technology of Navigation 221

The Military Revolution and European Expansion 223

The Black Legend 224

Power and Patronage: Columbuss Search for Financial Support 225

Reconnaissance: Columbuss Voyages 226

Syphilis in Europe 227

Reconnaissance: The New Continents and Their Place in the World 227

Reconnaissance: Voyages to North America 228

A Revolution in Cartography: Mapping the World 229

The Transformation of Post-Columbian Europe: The Impact of Contact 230

HEADLINE MAKERS

Nicolaus Copernicus 232

Prince Henry the Navigator 233

Bartolomé de las Casas 234

PUBLICATIONS 235

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