These exciting, illustrated atlases present a dramatic insight into what the world was like during key historical periods. Packed with information about civilizations, empires, religions, kingdoms and famous figures, these books are the perfect pictorial guides to the past. "The Kingfisher Atlas of Exploration and Empires" recreates the world between 1450 and 1800, examining the themes of exploration, trade, conquest and intellectual discovery. Each map in the book focuses on a major empire, region, civilization, religious or social movement. The subjects are arranged chronologically, and all major regions of the globe are covered.

 

There are 48 pages in this book. This is a reference book. This book was published 2007 by Pan Macmillan .

Simon Adams is a writer and editor of non-fiction books, and has written extensively on history subjects for children. Mark Bergin was born in Hastings, England, in 1961. He studied at Eastbourne College of Arts and has specialized in historical reconstructions, aviation and maritime subjects since 1983. He lives in Bexhill-on-Sea with his wife and children.

This book has the following chapters: 04-05 The World 1450-1800 (map); 06-07 How we know about the past (feature); 08-09 Voyages of discovery (map); 10-11 Aztecs and Incas (map); 12-13 The Spanish empire (map); 14-15 The Renaissance (feature); 16-17 The Reformation (map); 18-19 The Ottoman empire (map); 20-21 The Mughal empire (map); 22-23 The Tudors and Stuarts (map); 24-25 Divided Europe (map); 26-27 The expansion of Russia (map); 28-29 China and Japan (map); 30-31 Africa (map); 32-33 The slave trade (feature); 34-35 Colonizing North America (map); 36-37 The age of absolutism (map); 38-39 The intellectual revolution (feature); 40-41 Exploring the Pacific (map); 42-43 The American Revolution (map); 44-45 The French Revolution (map).