From Ancient Greece to Magellan’s Travels: The Humanistic Models of Antonio Pigafetta and Maximilianus Transylvanus
2010; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1777-5892
Autores Tópico(s)Historical Studies on Spain
ResumoThe paper considers two accounts of Magellan’s travel around the world: the Navigation & decouvrement de l’Inde superieure & iles de Malucque, by Antonio Pigafetta (from manuscripts of 1523-1525), and a Letter written by Maximilianus Transylvanus, dated 1522. It evaluates the humanistic practices and knowledge lying at the foundations of these works: the pictural and cartographic model of the isolario used by Pigafetta, the critical references to Ancient geography by Maximilianus Transylvanus.
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