Hakluyt Society Studies in the History of Travel – serie
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Trading Companies and Travel Knowledge in the Early Modern World
Av Aske Laursen Brock, Guido van Meersbergen m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
2157 kr
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Trading Companies and Travel Knowledge in the Early Modern World explores the links between trade, empire, exploration, and global information transfer during the early modern period. By charting how the leaders, members, employees, and supporters of different trading companies gathered, processed, …
Far From the Truth
Distance, Information, and Credibility in the Early Modern World
Av Michiel van Groesen, Johannes Müller
Inbunden, 2023
2585 kr
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Information and knowledge were essential tools of early modern Europe’s global ambitions. This volume addresses a key concern that emerged as the competition for geopolitical influence increased: how could information from afar be trusted when there was no obvious strategy for verification? How did …
Chronicler of China
Juan González de Mendoza, between Mission, Empire and History (Sixteenth- to Seventeenth Centuries)
Av Diego Sola
Inbunden, 2024
2581 kr
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This monograph provides an analysis and contextualization of an extraordinarily successful book, the History of the Great Kingdom of China (Rome 1585), by the Spanish Augustinian friar Juan González de Mendoza (1545–1618). Within a few years, this book had reached 30 editions and had been …
Chronicler of China
Juan González de Mendoza, between Mission, Empire and History (Sixteenth- to Seventeenth Centuries)
Av Diego Sola
Häftad, 2025
725 kr
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This monograph provides an analysis and contextualization of an extraordinarily successful book, the History of the Great Kingdom of China (Rome 1585), by the Spanish Augustinian friar Juan González de Mendoza (1545–1618). Within a few years, this book had reached 30 editions and had been …
Far From the Truth
Distance, Information, and Credibility in the Early Modern World
Av Michiel van Groesen, Johannes Müller
Häftad, 2025
725 kr
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Information and knowledge were essential tools of early modern Europe’s global ambitions. This volume addresses a key concern that emerged as the competition for geopolitical influence increased: how could information from afar be trusted when there was no obvious strategy for verification? How did …
