The Penguin Atlas of Modern History : to 1815 (Hist Atlas)
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ISBN: 0140511539 / Publisher: Penguin Books, November 1986
In The Penguin Atlas of Modern History, Colin McEvedy has compiled an absorbing source of reference...
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In The Penguin Atlas of Modern History, Colin McEvedy has compiled an absorbing source of reference to the major developments of modern history from 1483 to 1815. Nearly forty maps and a detailed commentary follow the voyages of Columbus, Magellan, and Cook, the ebb of power from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic seaboard, and the protracted European struggle for control of a vastly new money economy.
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