Navigations
Reaktion Books (Verlag)
978-1-78914-702-5 (ISBN)
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.
Malyn Newitt has taught at the universities of Rhodesia and Exeter, and until he retired was the Charles Boxer Professor of History at King's College London. His many books include The Braganzas (Reaktion, 2019).
Introduction
1 Western Europe and the World before the Fifteenth Century
2 The Princes of the Avis Dynasty and the Beginning of Portuguese Maritime Exploration
3 The Social and Economic History of the Portuguese Atlantic Empire
4 The Portuguese Exploration of the West African Coast in the Second Half of the Fifteenth Century: Cão and Dias
5 Portuguese Royal Women in the Age of Discovery
6 Vasco da Gama, Pedro Álvares Cabral and Renaissance Portugal
7 Duarte Pacheco Pereira: Portugal’s Complete Renaissance Man
8 Magellan: The Navigator as Epic Hero
9 Understanding the Portuguese Voyages of Discovery: A Long-Term Perspective
Glossary
The Avis Dynasty
References
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2023 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 57 illustrations, 20 in colour |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78914-702-6 / 1789147026 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78914-702-5 / 9781789147025 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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