Atlas of Spanish exploration and discovery / Sociedad Geográfica Española; literary editor and writer Luis Conde-Salazar Infiesta; Scientific editor Manuel Lucena-Giraldo
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| 14/69 | 11567 | Libros modernos desde 1900 |
An unprecedente work of academic outreach that brings together the most significante contributions os Spanish explorers and travellers to the scientific and geographic knowledge of our word. From Antiquity to the present day, across oceans, jungles, mountains and deserts. The biography of more than two hundred figures that, from Spain, set out to discover new territories, tread upon all continents and usher in a new era of communication betweenn disparate peoples, narrated herein by prominent specialists. More than 140 maps and 800 images. An undertaking of the Spanish Geographical Society aiming to disseminate, in an engaging and rigorous manner, the prodigious labor of discovery that Spaniards have taken on throughout history.
Chapter 1: Finis terrae. voyages from the Edge of the world
Chapter 2: Travellers of three cultures
Chapter 3. The Spanish Golden Age of Discovery
Chapter 4. A time of transition
Chapter 5. A pertinent Inquisitiviness. Explotation in the Age of Reason
A comtinued Effort
Chapter 7. Voyagers of the Many Spains
Chapter 8. The Penultimate
Bibliography
Index
Authors
Photograpic credits
Acknowledgements
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An unprecedente work of academic outreach that brings together the most significante contributions os Spanish explorers and travellers to the scientific and geographic knowledge of our word. From Antiquity to the present day, across oceans, jungles, mountains and deserts. The biography of more than two hundred figures that, from Spain, set out to discover new territories, tread upon all continents and usher in a new era of communication betweenn disparate peoples, narrated herein by prominent specialists. More than 140 maps and 800 images. An undertaking of the Spanish Geographical Society aiming to disseminate, in an engaging and rigorous manner, the prodigious labor of discovery that Spaniards have taken on throughout history.
Chapter 1: Finis terrae. voyages from the Edge of the world
Chapter 2: Travellers of three cultures
Chapter 3. The Spanish Golden Age of Discovery
Chapter 4. A time of transition
Chapter 5. A pertinent Inquisitiviness. Explotation in the Age of Reason
A comtinued Effort
Chapter 7. Voyagers of the Many Spains
Chapter 8. The Penultimate
Bibliography
Index
Authors
Photograpic credits
Acknowledgements
