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The Great Ages of Discovery : How Western Civilization Learned About a Wider World /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Pyne, Stephen J., 1949- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2021.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Prologue: Europe on the Edge -- BOOK I. VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY -- 1. The Renaissance Explores -- 2. Sails for the Wind to Fill -- 3. God, Gold, and Glory -- 4. Where No Human Being Ever Sailed -- 5. Isles -- 6. Portuguese Paradigm -- 7. The Armada de Molucca Circumnavigates the Globe -- 8. Encountering -- 9. The Other New World -- 10. The Great Conjunction -- 11. The Discoverers and the Discovered -- 12. Ebb Tide -- BOOK II. CORPS OF DISCOVERY -- 1. The Enlightenment Explores -- 2. Grand Tours and Great Excursions 
505 0 |a 3. Motives and Motivators -- 4. Something Old, Something New -- 5. Alexander von Humboldt Ascends the Heights -- 6. Crossing Continents -- 7. Second Looks, Repeat Encounters -- 8. Lost Horizons -- BOOK III. MISSIONS OF DISCOVERY -- 1. Modernism Explores -- 2. The Great Game Goes Global, and Beyond -- 3. Ice -- 4. Space -- 5. Abyss -- 6. Modern Exploration, Modernist Paradox -- 7. Voyager Traverses the Solar System -- 8. New Realms, New Regimes -- 9. Before and After -- 10. Looking Back, Looking Ahead -- Epilogue: Earth on the Edge -- Author's Note -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index 
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