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L’Amérique, chacun le sait, aurait dû s’appeler Colombie. Amerigo Vespucci, qui lui donna son nom, n’avait en rien contribué à sa découverte, ni même revendiqué ce privilège. Alors, pourquoi lui ? Dans cet essai écrit en 1941 – au moment où il s’installe en Amérique –, Stefan Zweig reconstitue l’enchevêtrement des circonstances, des hasards et des malentendus qui sont à l’origine de cette étrange erreur. Écrivain constamment soucieux d’élargir son horizon, il nous invite ici à voir le monde avec les yeux des hommes du XVe siècle, leurs connaissances, leurs incertitudes, leurs mœurs. Un an avant sa mort volontaire, il nous fait mesurer, aussi, l’incommensurable distance qui se creuse entre le vécu et la mémoire, entre les perceptions du présent et ce que les siècles futurs retiendront de nous…
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"This book offers a new reconstruction of Amerigo Vespucci's navigational and scientific endeavours in their historical context. The Author argues that all the manuscripts or texts that Vespucci left to posterity are reliable and true, except for several amendments imposed upon him for reasons linked to the political and economic interests of those who authorised him to undertake his journeys or which were the result of relationships with his companions. The earliest genuine documentation, which dates from the late fifteenth century or early sixteenth century, confirms this position. Fortunately, careful philological studies of Vespucci's principal written works are available, while some of his original drawings, which confirm, clarify and enrich what he narrated in his letters, can be identified in Waldseemüller's large map known as Universalis cosmographia (1507)"--Page 5.
Explorers --- Vespucci, Amerigo, --- America --- Discovery and exploration --- Italian. --- Spanish.
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Vespucci (amerigo), 1451-1512 --- Decouvertes geographiques --- Histoire --- Expositions
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Vespucci (amerigo), 1451-1512 --- Amerique --- Explorateurs --- Decouverte et exploration --- Biographies --- 16e siecle
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Vespucci (amerigo), 1451-1512 --- Amerique --- Explorateurs --- Decouverte et exploration --- Biographies --- 16e siecle
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Vespucci, amerigo (1454-1512) --- Gymnasium vosagense --- Cartographie --- Navigation --- Amérique --- France --- Atlantique (océan ; nord) --- Nom --- Saint-dié-des-vosges (vosges) --- 16e siècle --- Moyen âge
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