Author: Jeff + Claude AI
Genre: Evolution, History, Civilisation, Humanity
Date: 28th September 2026
Description:
Summary
Ch1. Before the Horizon: Medieval Geography and Its Limits
Ch2. Portugal Turns Seaward: Henry, Sagres, and the African Coast
Ch3. Spain's Gamble: Columbus and the Western Passage
Ch4. The Treaty of Tordesillas and the Partitioning of Unknown Worlds
Ch5. Vasco da Gama, the Indian Ocean, and the Spice Revolution
Ch6. Magellan's Circumnavigation and the True Scale of the Earth
Ch7. Conquistadors, Contact, and Collapse in the Americas
Ch8. Cartography, Navigation, and the Instruments That Made It Possible