Exploration, Religion and Empire in the Sixteenth-century Ibero-Atlantic World : : A New Perspective on the History of Modern Science / / Mauricio Nieto Olarte.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
• VerfasserIn: Nieto Olarte, Mauricio,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800 ; 4
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (330 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; List of illustrations --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 1. The Iberian Peninsula and the Atlantic --; 2. The imperial bureaucracy and the appropriation of the New World --; 3. The piloto mayor: cosmography and the art of navigation --; 4. Machines of the empire --; 5. The Master Map (Padrón Real) and the cartography of the New World --; 6. The creatures of God never seen before: natural history --; 7. The New World, global science, and Eurocentrism --; Bibliography --; About the Author --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9789048544547; 9783110743227; 9783110743357; 9783110754001; 9783110753776; 9783110754087; 9783110753851
• DOI: 10.1515/9789048544547?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Mauricio Nieto Olarte.

The Iberian conquest of the Atlantic at the beginning of the sixteenth century had a notable impact on the formation of the new world order in which Christian Europe claimed control over most a considerable part of the planet. This was possible thanks to the confluence of different and inseparable factors: the development of new technical capacities and favorable geographical conditions in which to navigate the great oceans; the Christian mandate to extend the faith; the need for new trade routes; and an imperial organization aspiring to global dominance. The author explores new methods for approaching old historiographical problems of the Renaissance — such as the discovery and conquest of America, the birth of modern science, and the problem of Eurocentrism — now in reference to actors and regions scarcely visible in the complex history of modern Europe: the ships, the wind, the navigators, their instruments, their gods, saints, and demons.