Considers The Phenomenon Of European Migration During The Three Centuries Following The First Voyage Of Columbus To The New World. Although These Studies Focus On A Range Of European Countries, They Point Collectively To The Fact That Migration Led To Early Death Rather Than Quick Fortune. 1. Introduction: Europeans On The Move, 1500-1800bernard Bailyn -- Part I: The Early Experiences -- 2. The Medieval Background / Seymour Phillips -- 3. The First Transatlantic Transfer: Spanish Migration To The New World, 1493-1810 / Nicolas Sanchez-albornoz -- Part Ii: Migration From The Three Kingdoms: England, Scotland, And Ireland -- 4. English Migration Into And Across The Atlantic During The Seventeenth And Eighteenth Centuries / Nicholas Canny -- 5. Scottish Emigration In The Seventeenth And Eighteenth Centuries / T.c. Smout, N.c. Landsman, And T.m. Devine -- 6. The Irish Diaspora Of The Seventeenth And Eighteenth Centuries / L. M. Cullen -- Part Iii: Continental European Migration: The Netherlands, Germany, And France -- 7. The Netherlands, The Dutch, And Long-distance Migration In The Late Sixteenth To Early Nineteenth Centuries / Jan Lucassen -- 8. Transatlantic Migration From The German-speaking Parts Of Central Europe, 1600-1800: Proportions, Structures, And Explanations / Georg Fertig -- 9. Manon's Fellow Exiles: Emigration From France To North America Before 1763 / Peter Moogk -- Conclusion -- 10. In Search Of A Better Home? European Overseas Migration, 1500-1800 / Nicholas Canny Bibliographic Level Mode Of Issuance: Monograph Includes Bibliographical References And Index. English