Outline of BOOK II: The Earth and the Seas


     IV. The Geography of the Imagination
	 10. The Awe of the Mountains
	 11. Charting Heaven and Hell
	 12. The Appeal of Symmetry
	 13. The Prison of Christian Dogma
	 14. The Flat Earth Returns

      V. Paths to the East	 
	 15. Pilgrims and Crusaders
	 16. How the Mongols Opened the Way
	 17. Missionary Diplomats
	 18. The Discovery of Asia
	 19. The Land Curtain Comes Down

     VI. Doubling the World
	 20. Ptolemy Revived and Revised
	 21. Portuguese Sea Pioneers
	 22. Beyond the Threatening Cape
	 23. To India and Back
	 24. Why not the Arabs?
	 25. The Chinese Reach Out
	 26. An Empire without Wants

    VII. The American Surprise
	 27. The Wandering Vikings
	 28. Dead End in Vinland
	 29. The Power of the Winds
	 30. The Enterprise of the Indies
	 31. Fair Winds, Soft Words, and Luck
	 32. Paradise Found and Lost
	 33. Naming the Unknown

   VIII. Sea Paths to Everywhere
	 34. A World of Oceans 
	 35. The Reign of Secrecy
	 36. Knowledge Becomes Merchandise
	 37. The Ardors of Negative Discovery