Sea fortune has always been an issue of good faith and good navigation. While in antiquity, fortuna gubernatrix was praised for shielding the seaborne trade, in the Renaissance fortuna symbolized the conquest of chance and danger. Under such auspices, while relying on risk technologies modern seafaring has never lost its adventurous dimension. Understanding their origin remains a challenge for the history of science and the history of literature.
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Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Illustrationen
50
50 s/w Abbildungen
50 b/w ill.
Maße
Höhe: 23 cm
Breite: 15.5 cm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-3-11-060895-3 (9783110608953)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Burkhardt Wolf, Universität Wien, Vienna, Germany.
