*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the Slave Trade *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading It has often been said that the greatest invention of all time was the sail, which facilitated the internationalization of the globe and thus ushered in the modern era.
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Columbus\' contact with the New World, alongside European maritime contact with the Far East, transformed human history, and in particular the History of Africa. *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the Slave Trade *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading It has often been said that the greatest invention of all time was the sail, which facilitated the internationalization of the globe and thus ushered in the modern era