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

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• 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.)

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.

Table of Contents

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