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1 online resource (329 pages) : illustrations |
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Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800
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Maritime humanities, 1400-1800.
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| Summary |
The Iberian conquest of the Atlantic at the beginning of the sixteenth century had a notable impact on the formation of the new world order in which Christian Europe claimed control over a considerable part of the planet. This was possible thanks to the confluence of different and inseparable factors: the development of new technical capacities and favorable geographical conditions in which to navigate the great oceans; the Christian mandate to extend the faith; the need for new trade routes; and an imperial organization aspiring to global dominance. The author explores new methods for approaching old historiographical problems of the Renaissance - such as the discovery and conquest of America, the birth of modern science, and the problem of Eurocentrism - now in reference to actors and regions scarcely visible in the complex history of modern Europe: the ships, the wind, the navigators, their instruments, their gods, saints, and demons. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The Iberian Peninsula and the Atlantic -- The imperial bureaucracy and the appropriation of the New World -- The piloto mayor : cosmography and the art of navigation -- Machines of the empire -- The Master Map (Padrón Real) and the cartography of the New World -- The creatures of God never seen before : natural history -- The New World, global science, and Eurocentrism. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Natural history -- America -- History -- 16th century.
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Portugal -- History -- 16th century.
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Spain -- History -- 16th century.
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America -- History -- 16th century.
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America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish.
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America -- Early accounts to 1600.
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Discoveries in geography -- Spanish |
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Natural history |
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America |
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Portugal https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxxjMbPKJH7yTMRfq7j4q |
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Spain https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJqFTrvj6Mhw6JfTGmqJDq |
| Chronological Term |
1500-1599 |
| Genre/Form |
Early works
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History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Nieto, Mauricio Exploration, Religion and Empire in the Sixteenth-Century Ibero-Atlantic World Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press,c2021 |
| ISBN |
9048544548 (electronic bk.) |
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9789048544547 (electronic bk.) |
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