ebooks Indian Philosophy: Volume II: with an Introduction by J.N. Mohanty (Oxford India Collection) (Oxford India Collection (Paperback)) by From Oxford University Press in History

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Between the year 1000 and the mid-14th century; several remarkable events unfolded as Europeans made contact with a very substantial part of the inhabited world; much of it never previously known or suspected to exist by them. Leif Ericsson and other Vikings discovered North America; European crusading armies established themselves in Syria and Palestine; Marco Polo and other Italian merchants; and missionaries such as John of Monte Corvino; penetrated the dominions of Mongolia and China; the Vivaldi brothers sought to open a sea route to India; Jaime Ferrer was lured by dreams of locating the source of West African gold; and the Atlantic island groups; the Canaries; Madeira; and the Azores; were all discovered. In this detailed survey; Phillips describes these exciting quests while also exploring their closely related myths and legends; all the while setting the stage for the even greater exploits of Christopher Columbus; Vasco da Gama; and their successors.For this new Clarendon Paperback edition; Phillips has added both an introduction and a bibliographical essay; the latter of which surveys recent work in what is becoming a thriving area of new research.