Faith, Fortune, and Fame

1. 12 Faith, Fortune, and Fame European Expansion, 1450–1700

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3. The World Imagined • The Lure of the East • Eastern trade

4. The World Imagined • Imagined Peoples

5. The World Imagined • Ptolemy’s Map • Ptolemy’s worldview

7. The World Discovered • Fame, Fortune, and Faith: The Drive to Explore

8. The World Discovered • New Technologies and Travel • Navigation instruments • Chinese explorations

9. The World Discovered • The Portuguese Race for the East, 1418–1600 • Trading outposts

12. The World Discovered • Spain’s Westward Discoveries, 1492–1522 • Columbus’s discoveries • Treaty of Tordesillas • Circumnavigating the globe

13. The World Discovered • The Northern Europeans Join the Race, 1497–1650 • Settlements in Canada • Dutch colonies • English colonies

15. Confrontation of Cultures • The Original Americans South of the Rio Grande • Agriculture • Empire building • Aztec Empire

16. Confrontation of Cultures • The Original Northern Americans

18. Confrontation of Cultures • Early Contacts

19. Confrontation of Cultures • Conquest of the Great Empires, 1520–1550 • Cortés’s explorations • Confronting the Aztecs • Aztecs conquered • Incas conquered • Germs

21. Confrontation of Cultures • North American Contacts

22. Confrontation of Cultures • Life and Death Under European Rule, 1550–1700 • Enforced labor • Amerindian mortality

23. Confrontation of Cultures • The African Slave Trade • Sugar plantations • African slaves • Impact in Africa • Slave rebellions

24. Confrontation of Cultures • Gathering Souls in the New Lands • Virgin of Guadalupe • Missionaries • Christianity transformed

25. The World Market and Commercial Revolution • High Prices and Profits: Trading on the World Stage • Inflation

26. The World Market and Commercial Revolution • The Rise of Commercial Capitalism • Capitalist ideas • Joint-stock companies

27. The World Market and Commercial Revolution • Mercantilism: Controlling the Balance of Trade • Economic nationalism • Economic regulations

28. The World Market and Commercial Revolution • The Growth of Banking • State banks

29. The World Market and Commercial Revolution • The Danger of Overspending: Spain Learns a Lesson

30. The World Market and Commercial Revolution • Redefining Work Roles • Women’s work • Leaving the workforce

31. The World Market and Commercial Revolution • Piracy: Banditry on a World Scale, 1550–1700 • Early privateers • Pirate life

32. Key Dates Exploring the World

33. The World Transformed • European Culture Spreads • Plants • Population mixing

34. The World Transformed • European Culture Transformed • New foods • New stimulants • Tobacco

35. The World Transformed • A New Worldview • Scientific observations • Mercator maps

37. The World Transformed • Biography: Maria Sibylla Merian(1647–1717) • Naturalist, Artist, and Traveler