From Cabot to Cartier : the early exploration of eastern North America, 1497-1543

The Americas before and after 1492 : current geographical research

Auteur :
ALLEN, J. L.

Description :
Initial European responses to the Columbian discovery included an exploratory process that, in the space of a half-century, delineated the basic geographical features of North America's Atlantic coast. It was conditioned by images of lands in the western Atlantic and by the desire to locate a water route to Asia.


Type de document :
Article de monographie

Source :
Annals of the Association of American Geographers, issn : 0004-5608, 1992, vol. 82, n°. 3, p. 500-521, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 56 réf.

Date :
1992

Editeur :
Pays édition : Etats-Unis, Washington, DC, Association of American Geographers