Traditions and Encounters, 4th Edition (Bentley)

Chapter 23: TRANSOCEANIC ENCOUNTERS AND GLOBAL CONNECTIONS

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Smallpox Vaccination in Turkey
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu describes Turkish inoculation procedures.
( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/montagu-smallpox.html )
Letter to C. H. Parry
Edward Jenner briefly describes his investigation of cow pox, which led eventually to his smallpox inoculation work.
( http://www.bartleby.com/38/4/1002.html )
Letter to the King and Queen of Spain
Columbus details his proposal for Spanish colonization in the Caribbean.
( http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1400-1500/columbus/brf94.htm )
Thomas Mun: England's Treasure By Forraign [sic] Trade, 1664
Thomas Mun argues in favor of a mercantilist economic policy.
( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1664mun-engtrade.html )
St. Francis Xavier: Letter on the Missions,to St. Ignatius de Loyola, 1549
St. Francis Xavier describes Portugal's Indian Ocean commercial empire.
( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1549xavier2.html )
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