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Alejandro Malaspina : portrait of a visionary /

An independent scholar makes available to English readers for the first time the journals and letters of an 18th century Italian navigator in the service of Spain. As thanks for his 1789-94 scientific-political tour of Spanish colonies in the Americas - whose revolt he correctly predicted - the Phil...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kendrick, John
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal ; London : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2003.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • 1 The Prisoner of San Antón
  • 2 The Italian Student
  • 3 The Spanish Officer
  • 4 The Great Voyage: South America
  • 5 The Great Voyage: North America
  • 6 The Great Voyage: The Pacific
  • 7 Vavao
  • 8 The Voyage Home
  • 9 The Political Thought of Alejandro Malaspina
  • 10 From Courtier to State Criminal
  • 11 De Profundis Clamavi
  • 12 Pontremoli
  • 13 Malaspina Remembered
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • Pq
  • r
  • s
  • t
  • u
  • v
  • w