Крест и компас: Кровавые хроники мировой колонизации Атлантики

V XV veke plavanii͡a portugalʹskikh puteshestvennikov dali nachalo znamenitoĭ ėpokhe Velikikh geograficheskikh otkrytiĭ, izmenivsheĭ khod mirovoĭ istorii. V poiskakh novykh istochnikov t͡sennykh tovarov evropeĭt͡sy issledovali morskie marshruty, borolisʹ za sfery vlii͡anii͡a i dazhe otkryvali t͡selye chasti sveta. S momenta obnaruzhenii͡a puti vokrug Afriki Bartolomeu Diashem i otkrytii͡a Ameriki Khristoforom Kolumbom burnye vody Atlantiki stali nastoi͡ashchim plavilʹnym kotlom ideĭ, kulʹtur i t͡sivilizat͡siĭ. Zdesʹ voevali i zakli͡uchali sdelki, osvaivali novye territorii i borolisʹ protiv metropoliĭ, torgovali sakharom, pri͡anosti͡ami i li͡udʹmi. Ėta kniga - bespristrastnai͡a i v to zhe vremi͡a zakhvatyvai͡ushchai͡a khronika pokorenii͡a Evropoĭ trekh kontinentov: Afriki, Severnoĭ i I͡Uzhnoĭ Ameriki. "Atlantika stala otkrytym mirom vzaimodeĭstviĭ - kak mirnykh, tak i nasilʹstvennykh; mirom peremeshcheniĭ li͡udeĭ i inykh zhivykh organizmov (zhivotnykh, rasteniĭ, mikrobov), a takzhe obmena tovarami, idei͡ami, kapitalami, znanii͡ami, praktikami i predstavlenii͡ami… Posredstvom mnozhestva perepletai͡ushchikhsi͡a svi͡azeĭ Atlanticheskiĭ mir postepenno rasprostrani͡al svoe vlii͡anie daleko za predely sobstvennykh beregov, zatragivai͡a sudʹby beschislennogo kolichestva li͡udeĭ, osoznavali oni ėto ili net. Vesʹma veroi͡atno, chto bostonskiĭ kupet͡s, nantskiĭ portovyĭ rabochiĭ, rab s I͡Amaĭki, indeet͡s s serebri͡anykh rudnikov Meksiki ili dazhe don Migelʹ de Kastro byli by kraĭne izumleny, uznav, chto prinadlezhat k odnomu i tomu zhe miru" (Ėrik Shnakenburg).

In the 15th century, the voyages of Portuguese travelers gave rise to the famous era of Great Geographical Discoveries that changed the course of world history. In search of new sources of valuable goods, Europeans explored sea routes, fought for spheres of influence, and even discovered entire parts of the world. Since the discovery of the route around Africa by Bartolomeu Dias and the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, the turbulent waters of the Atlantic have become a real melting pot of ideas, cultures and civilizations. They fought and made deals here, explored new territories and fought against the metropolises, traded sugar, spices and people. This book is an unbiased and at the same time fascinating chronicle of Europe's conquest of three continents: Africa, North and South America. "The Atlantic has become an open world of interactions, both peaceful and violent; a world of movement of people and other living organisms (animals, plants, microbes), as well as the exchange of goods, ideas, capital, knowledge, practices and ideas.… Through its many intertwining connections, the Atlantic world gradually spread its influence far beyond its own shores, affecting the fate of countless people, whether they realized it or not. It is very likely that a Boston merchant, a Nantes dockworker, a Jamaican slave, an Indian from the silver mines of Mexico, or even Don Miguel de Castro would be extremely surprised to learn that they belong to the same world" (Eric Schnakenburg).