Knowledge Exchanges Between Portugal and Europe Maritime Diplomacy, Espionage, and Nautical Science in the Early Modern World (15th-17th Centuries)

Vila-Santa Braga Campos, Nuno Luâis

Knowledge Exchanges Between Portugal and Europe Maritime Diplomacy, Espionage, and Nautical Science in the Early Modern World (15th-17th Centuries) - Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press 2024 - 376 Seiten - Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800 .

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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 Nicots Maritime and Cosmographical Espionage in Portugal (1557-61) 4. Mare Clausum and Secret Science: Joäao 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 the Attempted Secrecy Policies Illustrations Quoted Bibliography and Sources Inde

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