Magallanes y el dibujo del mundo

The history of the West and the world cannot be explained without the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan, responsible for the boldest of all sea voyages. However, this expedition to the Molucas, which ended up being the first circumnavigation journey of the globe and had a drastic impact on the...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Soler, Isabel, 1964-
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2019
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Barcelona
Repository:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/170812
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/170812
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Renaixement
Viatge en la literatura
Literatura portuguesa
Renaissance
Travel in literature
Portuguese literature
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Summary:The history of the West and the world cannot be explained without the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan, responsible for the boldest of all sea voyages. However, this expedition to the Molucas, which ended up being the first circumnavigation journey of the globe and had a drastic impact on the knowledge of the world's reality, was very controversial. Controversial was his captain long before leaving Sevilla, controversial was his government and equally controversial were the political-geographical, as well as physical and morally human consequences of that adventure.