This atlas focuses on exploration just between 1492 and 1600, although it begins with a “Prelude” that limns the cultural events in Europe leading up to this period. While the Introduction promises that it would show that “the attitude of the explorers toward the people they came across was far from enlightened,” the book is short on details in that regard.

Nevertheless, it is a good introduction to exploration in this period, and contains plenty of maps, drawings, and photos. ( )