Book ID: CBB390077350

Exploration, Religion and Empire in the Sixteenth-century Ibero-Atlantic World: A New Perspective on the History of Modern Science (2021)

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Nieto Olarte, Mauricio (Author)


Amsterdam University Press


Publication Date: 2021
Physical Details: 330
Language: English

The Iberian conquest of the Atlantic at the beginning of the sixteenth century had a notable impact on the formation of the new world order in which Christian Europe claimed control over most a considerable part of the planet. This was possible thanks to the confluence of different and inseparable factors: the development of new technical capacities and favorable geographical conditions in which to navigate the great oceans; the Christian mandate to extend the faith; the need for new trade routes; and an imperial organization aspiring to global dominance. The author explores new methods for approaching old historiographical problems of the Renaissance--such as the discovery and conquest of America, the birth of modern science, and the problem of Eurocentrism--now in reference to actors and regions scarcely visible in the complex history of modern Europe: the ships, the wind, the navigators, their instruments, their gods, saints, and demons.

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Review Alison Bigelow (2022) Review of "Exploration, Religion and Empire in the Sixteenth-century Ibero-Atlantic World: A New Perspective on the History of Modern Science". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 867-869). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Sánchez, Antonio
Leitão, Henrique
Maitane Urrutia-Aparicio
Filipe Vieira de Castro
Gesteira, Heloisa Meireles
Hossain, Ashfaque
Concepts
Travel; exploration
Sea travel
Imperialism
Navigation
Historiography
Ships and shipbuilding
Time Periods
16th century
18th century
Early modern
17th century
Renaissance
19th century
Places
Spain
Portugal
Atlantic world
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
France
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