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9780595859245: Expanding Horizons: Growth of The Interconnected World
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ISBN 10: 0595859240 ISBN 13: 9780595859245
Editorial: iUniverse, 2006

Sinopsis

In Expanding Horizons, author William H. Beauchamp, focusing on twelve major examples of mankind’s desire to expand its geographical horizons, tells the fascinating story of exploration, conquest, and the desire for technological advances to enhance life. He also details the urge of many adventurers to spread their vision of the good life (and the afterlife) beyond the horizon, and to extend those horizons from Middle Eastern river valleys to the entire globe.

Beauchamp shares the stories of some of the most influential conquerors, including Roman generals, Chinese emperors, Islamic Arabs, Mongol conquerors, the Incas, Conquistadors, and Alexander the Great. The Asian and Indian merchants of the Silk Road, in addition to the pioneering Arab, Portuguese, Dutch, and British merchants, played a vital role in expansion, as did the spiritual visions of Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam. Beauchamp also discusses the contributions of adventurers and explorers such as Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama, and Ferdinand Magellan, and nation-builders Lord Robert Clive and President Thomas Jefferson.

The stories in Expanding Horizons provide a unique look at man’s geographical journey to encompass the entire globe by the end of the nineteenth century.

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In Expanding Horizons, author William H. Beauchamp, focusing on twelve major examples of mankind's desire to expand its geographical horizons, tells the fascinating story of exploration, conquest, and the desire for technological advances to enhance life. He also details the urge of many adventurers to spread their vision of the good life (and the afterlife) beyond the horizon, and to extend those horizons from Middle Eastern river valleys to the entire globe.

Beauchamp shares the stories of some of the most influential conquerors, including Roman generals, Chinese emperors, Islamic Arabs, Mongol conquerors, the Incas, Conquistadors, and Alexander the Great. The Asian and Indian merchants of the Silk Road, in addition to the pioneering Arab, Portuguese, Dutch, and British merchants, played a vital role in expansion, as did the spiritual visions of Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam. Beauchamp also discusses the contributions of adventurers and explorers such as Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama, and Ferdinand Magellan, and nation-builders Lord Robert Clive and President Thomas Jefferson.

The stories in Expanding Horizons provide a unique look at man's geographical journey to encompass the entire globe by the end of the nineteenth century.

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Editorial
iUniverse
Año de publicación
2006
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0595859240
ISBN 13 
9780595859245
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Número de páginas
484
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