Knowledge Exchanges Between Portugal and Europe : Maritime Diplomacy, Espionage, and Nautical Science in the Early Modern World (15th-17th Centuries).
Title:
Knowledge Exchanges Between Portugal and Europe : Maritime Diplomacy, Espionage, and Nautical Science in the Early Modern World (15th-17th Centuries).
Author:
Vila-Santa Braga Campos, Nuno Luís.
ISBN:
9789048560486
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (378 pages)
Series:
Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800 Series ; v.7
Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800 Series
Contents:
Cover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Maritime History and History of Knowledge for the 16th-Century European History -- 1. The First Global Exchange and Dispute over the Globe: the Portuguese-Spanish Nautical Interchange (1415-1580) -- 2. Unexpected or Predictable Espionage and Diplomacy? Portuguese Nautical Knowledge and the English Voyages to West Africa (1551-59) -- 3. Spying Ambassadors for a French Overseas Empire? Michel de Seure and Jean Nicot's Maritime and Cosmographical Espionage in Portugal (1557-61) -- 4. Mare Clausum and Secret Science: João Pereira Dantas and the Portuguese Strategies to Control French and English Overseas Plans (1557-68) -- 5. A Spy or a Go-between? Jan Huygen van Linschoten, the Itinerario and the Rise of Dutch Overseas Expansion (1583-1611) -- Conclusion: Five Connected Histories of Knowledge? Portugal, Spain, France, England, the Dutch Republic, and Secrecy Policies -- Illustrations -- Bibliography and Sources -- Index of Names, Places and Subjects.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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