Glenn Ames gaat in op de details van deze fundamentele verandering in het koloniale beleid jegens Azië zoals dat werd geïnitieerd door prins Regent Pedro van Braganza (1668-1702) en later zeer effectief in praktijk werd gebracht door ...

Beyond that, the author-guide provides carefully chosen excerpts from primary sources that enable the reader to enter the mindsets of such notable personalities (and driving forces in Europe's profound impact on the early modern world) as ...

Examines the life and career of Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama, telling of his voyages in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and discussing his influence on the course of world history.

Drawing on archival sources, Ames offers a new interpretation of France's mercantilism in the context of the rise of the world market economy of the early modern period.

A four-volume work on the early history of printing, based on earlier books, and published between 1810 and 1819.