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Sea Fortune

Literature and Navigation

Burkhardt Wolf author Joel Golb translator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:De Gruyter

Published:12th Oct '20

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Sea Fortune cover

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.

ISBN: 9783110608953

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 906g

546 pages