Shores of Vespucci

A historical research of Amerigo Vespucci’s life and contexts in collaboration with Francisco Contente Domingues

AvAngelo Cattaneo,Peter Hanenberg

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

This volume aims to advance the analysis about Amerigo Vespucci by considering and connecting several fields of study such as literary history, philology, the history of science and cartography, economic history, and the history of ideas. The multifaceted research frames guide the reader through the complex vicissitudes of Amerigo Vespucci's life. The receptions and implications explore the intense cultural and historical dynamics that shaped the decades between the end of the fifteenth and the first half of the sixteenth century.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-05-25
Mått:148 x 210 x 19 mm
Vikt:420 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:passagem
Antal sidor:268
Förlag:Peter Lang AG
ISBN:9783631656013

Utforska kategorier

Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur
Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Geografi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Angelo Cattaneo is a Research Associate at the New University of Lisbon based at the CHAM – Centre for the Humanities and of the Laboratoire Géographie-Cités in Paris. His research focuses on the cultural construction of space from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century and the history of cultural exchanges between Europe and Asia.Francisco Contente Domingues is Full Professor of History of Portuguese and European Expansion at the Department of History at the University of Lisbon. He is a member of the Maritime Academy, the Academy of Sciences and Portuguese Academy of History, and President of the International Committee for the History of Nautical Science.

Innehållsförteckning

Approaches from literary history – Philology – The history of science and ideas – The history of the European expansion and cartography – Economic history are combined – Casting new light on the multiple shores of Amerigo Vespucci