The Voyage Was Necessary: Renaissance Readings of the Portuguese Voyage

Autors/ores

  • Isabel Soler Universitat de Barcelona (UB)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/105.000002047

Paraules clau:

History of the Portuguese Renaissance voyage, travel literature, travel and humanism, history of Portugal 15th-16th centuries

Resum

By bringing news about what the world held, the Portuguese oceanic voyage offered the Renaissance intellectual process the experience necessary for the construction of the modern world. This news spread rapidly throughout Europe and, at the same time, intertwined with both older beliefs and the new humanist ways of explaining reality.

Biografia de l'autor/a

Isabel Soler, Universitat de Barcelona (UB)

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Com citar

Soler, I. (2013). The Voyage Was Necessary: Renaissance Readings of the Portuguese Voyage. Abriu: Estudis De Textualitat De Brasil, Galícia I Portugal, (2), 73–91. https://doi.org/10.1344/105.000002047