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The Great Ages Of Discovery

How Western Civilization Learned About A Wider World

by Stephen J. Pyne
language: english
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS, February of 2021 ‧
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For more than 600 years, Western civilization has relied on exploration to learn about a wider world and universe. This book details the different eras of Western exploration in terms of its locations, intellectual contexts, the characteristic moral conflicts that underwrote encounters, and the grand gestures that distil an age into its essence.

The Great Ages Of Discovery

How Western Civilization Learned About A Wider World

by Stephen J. Pyne

Property Description
ISBN: 9780816541119
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS
Release Date: February of 2021
Language: English
Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 23 mm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > History > General History
Books in English > Others
EAN: 9780816541119

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Stephen J. Pyne

Stephen J. Pyne, professor emérito da Universidade do Arizona, é um historiador ambiental com mais de trinta livros publicados, grande parte deles dedicados à investigação sobre a história do fogo. Em 1967, com 18 anos, iniciou a atividade de bombeiro no Grand Canyon, especializando-se na deteção precoce de fogos florestais no grande parque nacional norte-americano. Essa atividade conduziu-o ao estudo do fogo e fez dele uma das maiores autoridades mundiais na matéria.

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