A gripping new history of the shipwrecks and other failed voyages at the dawn of imperialism (15-16th C)


Wreckers sinks the old narrative of imperialism. In place of swashbuckling adventurers bringing home great riches. We see a series of failures on the part of the Europeans. Christopher Columbus suffers several shipwrecks and dies trying to persuade the world that America was, in fact, China. Vasco de Gama, known as the first European to reach India by sea, was in fact guided across the Indian Ocean by a Gujrati pilot.

Wreckers taps into a thirst for stories of the sea and throws myths we have long been told about European empire-building overboard, transporting readers instead on voyages tragically cut short and introducing them to new characters whose lives illuminate dark spots of a foundational period in world history. By looking at the disasters rather than the accomplishments we get a new and exciting take on history.

ÖVRIGT:
Mediatyp: Bok
Bandtyp: Inbunden
Författare: Simon Park
Förlag: Penguin Books Ltd.
Språk: Engelska
Omfång: 368 sidor
Mått (bxhxd): 156x240x40 mm
Vikt: 750 gram
Illustrerad: Nej

Streckkod: 9780241741320
SKU: 858449