Knowledge Exchanges Between Portugal and Europe : Maritime Diplomacy, Espionage, and Nautical Science in the Early Modern World (15th-17th Centuries).
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
2024.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800 Series
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Table of 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.