The Race to the New World : Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, and a Lost History of Discovery (Hardcover)

from Shrike58

What is most excellent about this account of the exploits of Christopher Columbus and John Cabot is that Hunter does the best job I've seen of putting these men in to the social and geo-political context of their times. Cabot is the more interesting story, as new evidence suggests that he was the...

from JBD1

The product of deep, fresh research, Douglas Hunter's The Race to the New World places the Columbus and Cabot voyages into the important political and mercantile contexts in which they were carried out. Hunter ably combs and analyzes existing sources, and while occasionally speculations come into...

from Wabbit98

For the average reader this is a good book to get them started into the Age of Exploration. While it might lack details for the serious student of history, Mr. Hunter does a good job explaining who the main players are and what role they had. It can get confusing at times with all the names, and ...

from bwightman

I received this book through LibraryThing's Early Reviewers program. While I generally enjoy reading history, I found this book hard to get though - it didn't seem readable to me. I think the topic is very well researched and it's obvious that the author spent a considerable amount of time delvin...

from sherman1951

Douglas Hunter's book The Race to the New World has several story lines. Clearly Christopher Columbus and John Cabot are prominent features of the story. But the side story about historian Alwyn Amy Ruddock is in many ways, the most fascinating. Ruddock had a long-standing interest in John Cabot'...