{"id":695,"date":"2017-03-05T20:11:07","date_gmt":"2017-03-05T20:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=695"},"modified":"2017-03-05T20:35:10","modified_gmt":"2017-03-05T20:35:10","slug":"here-be-dragons-the-age-of-discovery-and-its-consequences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=695","title":{"rendered":"HERE BE DRAGONS? – \u00a0The Age of Discovery and Its Consequences"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kevin Harrison, Martin R. Jervis, Andrew Jones<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Cantino planisphere, 1502:\u00a0The earliest surviving chart showing the explorations of\u00a0Columbus<\/a>\u00a0to Central America,\u00a0Corte-Real<\/a>\u00a0to Newfoundland,\u00a0Gama<\/a>\u00a0to India and\u00a0Cabral<\/a>\u00a0to Brazil.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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In the 14th<\/sup> century, the world was a terrifying and largely unknown territory, peopled by fabulous monsters and peoples. However, the rapid expansion of learning via<\/em> the print revolution in the 15th<\/sup> century, prompted a wave of exploration, known as the Age of Discovery. What consequences did this have for the human race?<\/p>\n

Lecture One:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LATE MEDIEVAL WORLD VIEW:
\nOrigins of the Age of Discovery<\/p>\n

Lecture Two:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE SEARCH FOR THE EAST 1:
\nFinding trade routes to China via <\/em>Africa<\/p>\n

Lecture Three<\/strong>: THE SEARCH FOR THE EAST 2:
\nFinding trade routes with China via<\/em> America<\/p>\n

Lecture Four<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 THE SEARCH FOR EL DORADO:
\nThe Spanish conquest of the Americas<\/p>\n

Dayschool<\/strong>:Monday, 22 May 2017 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Time<\/strong>: 10am-4pm<\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>Venue<\/b>:
\nCross Street Chapel
\n<\/a>Cross Street, Manchester, M2 1NL<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Price<\/strong><\/td>\nConcessions<\/strong><\/td>\nMinimum No.<\/strong><\/td>\nMaximum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a340<\/td>\nn\/a<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

To avoid disappointment, book now<\/strong><\/p>\n

Contact Andrew Jones \u2013 0161-491-2874<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Kevin Harrison, Martin R. Jervis, Andrew Jones   In the 14th century, the world was a terrifying and largely unknown territory, peopled by fabulous monsters and peoples. However, the rapid expansion of learning via the print revolution in the 15th century, prompted a wave of exploration, known as the Age of Discovery. What consequences did […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-695","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=695"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":708,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/695\/revisions\/708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}