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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... knew that the Admiral Don Cristóbal Colón had not discovered any part of what is now called mainland , except when ... knew this , he answered that he knew it because he , the witness , saw the chart which the said Admiral sent to ...
... knew that the Admiral Don Cristóbal Colón had not discovered any part of what is now called mainland , except when ... knew this , he answered that he knew it because he , the witness , saw the chart which the said Admiral sent to ...
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... knew well , a principal pilot and a veteran of these Indies , citizen of Santo Domingo . He said in his deposition , in answer to the fifth question , as follows : " that he knew what happened during that voyage . ” Asked how he knew ...
... knew well , a principal pilot and a veteran of these Indies , citizen of Santo Domingo . He said in his deposition , in answer to the fifth question , as follows : " that he knew what happened during that voyage . ” Asked how he knew ...
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... knew well , to whom Hojeda said that unless one Juan Pintor , who had left the ship , was given up ( a man whom I also knew , and who only had one hand ) , he swore he would hang the two prisoners he had in irons . What harm had these ...
... knew well , to whom Hojeda said that unless one Juan Pintor , who had left the ship , was given up ( a man whom I also knew , and who only had one hand ) , he swore he would hang the two prisoners he had in irons . What harm had these ...
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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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