Amerigo Vespucci: The Historical Context of His Explorations and Scientific Contribution

This book offers a new reconstruction of Amerigo Vespucci’s navigational and scientific endeavours in their historical context. The author argues that all of the manuscripts or texts that Vespucci left to posterity are reliable and true, except for several amendments imposed upon him for reasons lin...

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Main Author:	Omodeo, Pietro
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Fondazione Università Ca' Foscari 2024
Subjects:	Vespucci’s scientific legacy,Amerigo Vespucci,Textual criticism of Vespucci’s letters,Origin of the New World’s name,Political background of early Renaissance navigati,Columbus versus Vespucci: their different achievem thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History
Online Access:	ONIX_20240222_9788869694028_8
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