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The Great Ages of Discovery : How Western Civilization Learned About a Wider World /
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tucson :
University of Arizona Press,
2021.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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
- 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