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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... remained with me on the ship were so afraid that I could not console them . And in this situation , on the eighth day we saw a ship coming from the sea , and , fearing that it might not see us , we weighed anchor and went to her ...
... remained with me on the ship were so afraid that I could not console them . And in this situation , on the eighth day we saw a ship coming from the sea , and , fearing that it might not see us , we weighed anchor and went to her ...
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... remained two months and seven- teen days . Here we endured many dangers and troubles from the same Christians who were in this island with Columbus . I believe this was caused by envy , but , to avoid prolixity , I will refrain from ...
... remained two months and seven- teen days . Here we endured many dangers and troubles from the same Christians who were in this island with Columbus . I believe this was caused by envy , but , to avoid prolixity , I will refrain from ...
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... remained in Calicut ( on the western coast of India ) from 10 May to 25 August 1498. Calicut , however , lies southeast , and not west , of the Indus River . 46. The fleet , commanded by Pero Álvares Cabral and 175 NOTES.
... remained in Calicut ( on the western coast of India ) from 10 May to 25 August 1498. Calicut , however , lies southeast , and not west , of the Indus River . 46. The fleet , commanded by Pero Álvares Cabral and 175 NOTES.
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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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