Maps on the Web — A map of what Columbus expected the world to look...

http://mapsontheweb.zoom-maps.com/post/151659032840/a-map-of-what-columbus-expected-the-world-to-look

Off stage in our class, what happens to France at the global economics level after helping the birth of the United States

http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2016/09/28/2174991/the-euro-crisis-and-the-french-revolution/

Hits some of our points from last night in different ways and from a different angle

(Remember, you can jump the paywall with a google search)

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-necessity-of-taking-up-arms-1472845975

I'm not on board with this book review, but....

This first line certainly caught my attention as it would relate to the argument I'm making for our class:

"In the great Iberian empires of the 16th and 17th centuries, a career was already avail-able in global administration not very different from the lives of the bankers or lawyers who globe-trot today."

http://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/10/the-pacific-ocean-really-was-mare-incognitum-for-the-early-navigators/?utm_source=Adestra&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20161001_Culture_House_37