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A carregar... Columbus: And the Conquest of the Impossiblepor Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. This is the first book I have read written by the respected historian, book churner-outer, and jaywalker Felipe Fernández-Armesto and, I must say, he does a fine job. This sort of introduction to Columbus (Fernández-Armesto has written a longer bio of the explorer) is serviceable as both a biography and a work of intellectual history. The author places ol' Chris in his philosophical and intellectual context. Fernández-Armesto's Columbus is a strange mixture of Renaissance scientific wherewithal and Medieval mysticism. He shatters the myth of that nobody thought about a new world, as the antipodes were hypothesized for years; he points out that, Vespucci be damned, Columbus did in fact state that he had discovered a new continent. An excellent, and quick, book on Columbus. ( ) sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
A highly readable and controversial portrait of a man driven by religion, influenced by mysticism, and, at best, a primitive navigator who barely knew how to use his ship's instruments. A pre-eminent historian calls into question earlier findings by himself and other scholars. With a new introduction and updates that reassess Columbus's skills, motivations, and beliefs--placing him firmly in the context of his own time. ..".In a class of his own for serious scholarship."--Spectator. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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