大发现时代

王朝百科·作者佚名 2010-09-03

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书名:大发现时代作者:戴维·亚诺尔德

ISBN:972-9418-23-3

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发行地:澳门

出版社:纪念葡萄牙发现事业澳门委员会

出版时间:1994

页数:42页, [8]页图版

开本:20cm

15世纪的上半叶，地中海地区自给自足，呈现出一派繁荣昌盛的景象。但是，这种稳定很快被打破，世界从此完全变了样。本书将带大家走进那个大发现的时代，全书包括了一个曾经充满活力的旧世界、欧洲的不速之客、葡萄牙、发现美洲、美洲人民等九个部分。

“宇宙大发现”时代英国著名物理学家斯蒂芬·霍金21日在美国乔治·华盛顿大学发表题为《为什么要探索太空》的演讲时说，在地球之外的其他星球上可能存在原始生命，人类正在进入一个新的太空探索时代。

“原始生命非常普遍”

全身瘫痪的霍金通过语音合成器向在场的聆听者传递自己的太空畅想。他说自己时常在想一个问题，“我们人类（在宇宙中）是孤单的吗？”“答案很可能是‘不’”。

这位身体无力却思想飞扬的科学大师说，如果外星生命有足够智慧，以至于能向太空中发送信号，那么他们肯定也聪明到了可以制造破坏性核武器的地步了。他本人倾向于这样一种假设———宇宙间的原始生命是非常普遍的，但是智能生命却相当罕见。

他说，外星生命可能不像人类一样是以DNA（脱氧核糖核酸）为基础的，“因此，假如你遇上外星生命，可要小心，可能会感染上奇异疾病，人类根本没有任何抵抗力”。

桌面游戏• Players: 2-4

• Ages: 10+

• Playing Time: 45+ min

During the 15th and 16th centuries, the great royal houses of Europe sent explorers and conquerors all over the world, hoping to discover and secure new areas of influence and sources of wealth. Without the right naval vessels, these voyages would have been impossible. But even the incredible wealth of the royal houses could not sustain these expeditions for long. So they were happy that private entrepreneurs were ready to finance these expensive journeys.

Now your king has come to offer you the opportunity to invest in the great voyages of the famous explorers like Columbus and Magellan. You will need to purchase a fleet of ships, and assign them to the most successful expeditions. Of course, you will need a lot of money! To earn money you must fulfill trade contracts.

Can you balance the needs of trade with the demands of the great explorers? It is time to seek wealth and glory in the Age of Discovery!

Each copy of Age of Discovery contains:

• 50 ship cards

• 12 expedition cards

• 24 trade contract cards

• 12 special mission cards

• 12 action cards

• 88 wooden tokens

• 1 victory point chart

• 60 coins

• 1 rules booklet

• Players: 2-4