An accessible and comprehensive history of discoveries and outlooks that culminated in the modern discipline of environmental studies.

OH WHAT A FIGHT!!! THE BATTLE BETWEEN BARBARA, THE VICTORIOUS ONE, AND satan THE BIG LOSER They (Barbara, Gods Tangible representative and satan, the devil), have entered the boxing ring (Earth). They have put on their fighting gloves. They have walked to their stations inside the ring (Earth). The Fight is about to begin-And we all know which one will win! For the Winner represents God, The All Powerful One! The Winner represents God, The Holy One! The Winner represents God, The Merciful One! The Winner represents God, The Compassionate One! The Winner represents God, The Forgiving One! The Winner represents Eternal Life! The Winner is Barbara!!!

In this authoritative study, first published in 1981, Geoffrey Scammell traces the course of European expansion between around 800 and 1650, during which time the world known to western Europeans was enlarged in a way unparalleled before or since. The book takes a broad historical perspective, linking the classic age of European expansion to its medieval antecedents. The Norse reached North America in the tenth century, Italian missionaries and traders were established in China in the high Middle Ages, and during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, in some of the greatest voyages ever made under sail, Iberian explorers crossed the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and established footholds in the Americas, Africa and Asia. This is a stimulating and perceptive study, based on wide-ranging research, which makes an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the influence of empire on both colonial and metropolitan societies.