Navigations:: The Portuguese Discoveries and the Renaissance
Newitt, Malyn
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Navigations:: The Portuguese Discoveries and the Renaissance
Newitt, Malyn
FICHA TÉCNICA
- Editorial: Reaktion Books
- ISBN: 978-1-78914-702-5
- Fecha de edición: 2023
- Nº edición: 1
- Idioma: Inglés
- Encuadernación: Tapa dura
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- Nº páginas: 0
- Materias: Historia naval y marítima / Siglos XVI, XVII y XVIII /
Navigations re-examines the Portuguese voyages of discovery by placing them in their medieval and Renaissance settings. It shows how these voyages grew out of a crusading ethos, as well as long-distance trade with Asia and Africa and developments in map-making and ship design. The slave trade, the diaspora of the Sephardic Jews and the intercontinental spread of plants and animals gave these voyages long-term global significance. The voyages of discovery are narrated within the context of Portuguese politics, and this book describes the role of the Portuguese ruling dynasty - including its female members - in the flowering of the Portuguese Renaissance and the distinctive ideology of the Renaissance state, and in the cultural changes that took place within a wider European context.