Letters from a New World: Amerigo Vespucci's Discovery of AmericaMarsilio, 1992 - 214 páginas What caused renaissance geographers in 1507 to name the newly discovered continent America, in honor of Amerigo Vespucci, instead of, say, Columbia? The six letters of Vespucci, published in Letters From a New World, convinced Europe of the momentous truth that earlier had eluded Columbus - Columbus had not reached Asia, but a New World, a new continent between Europe and Asia that would bear the name of America. Vespucci's reports contain the astonished and bewildered observations of a man who first made sense of places and things that were, at the time, unimaginable. While Vespucci's voyages are not legendary, his reports of the New World are. |
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... cause of wars and all acts of disorder . When we asked them to tell us the cause , the only reason they could give was that this curse had begun " in olden times , ” and that they wish to avenge the death of their ancestors : in sum , a ...
... cause of wars and all acts of disorder . When we asked them to tell us the cause , the only reason they could give was that this curse had begun " in olden times , ” and that they wish to avenge the death of their ancestors : in sum , a ...
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... cause nature has already converted their blackness into a trait , as we see even in our regions : that the black people breed black , and if a white [ . . . ] 12 with a black woman , the offspring will be gray , that is , less black ...
... cause nature has already converted their blackness into a trait , as we see even in our regions : that the black people breed black , and if a white [ . . . ] 12 with a black woman , the offspring will be gray , that is , less black ...
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... caused , the disservice that the Sovereigns would receive from such conduct , the disturbance caused in the colony , the good will which the Admiral entertained towards him , and urging him not to adopt a course which would cause loss ...
... caused , the disservice that the Sovereigns would receive from such conduct , the disturbance caused in the colony , the good will which the Admiral entertained towards him , and urging him not to adopt a course which would cause loss ...
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Letters from a New World: Amerigo Vespucci's Discovery of America Amerigo Vespucci Vista de fragmentos - 1992 |
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