Iberian visions of the Pacific Ocean, 1507-1899
By: Rainer F. Buschmann
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9781137304704
Subjects: Discovery and exploration; Spanish; Territorial expansion; Historiography; Intellectual life; Relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-285) and index.
Table of contents: title: On shrinking continents and expanding oceans; title: On chronometers, cartography, and curiosity; title: On narrating the Pacific; title: On useful information; title: On history and hydrography; title: On rediscovering the Americas; title: Epilogue: Iberian visions of the Pacific Ocean, 1507-1899.