The English re-discovery: Central America according to privateer travel logs

<p>This paper examines the epistemological shift that took place in England during the 17th Century and how it was reflected in piratical and buccaneer travel logs. It explores the practices of visualization and space in quest of knowledge, in the narrative of three privateers who crisscrossed...

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Main Author: J. Manuel Gómez
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal Fluminense 2012-12-01
Series:Cadernos de Letras da UFF
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Online Access:http://www.cadernosdeletras.uff.br/index.php/cadernosdeletras/article/view/462
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spelling doaj-6272c8148f3540629e424210c6ad45d52020-11-25T00:34:32ZporUniversidade Federal FluminenseCadernos de Letras da UFF1413-053X2447-42072012-12-012245200The English re-discovery: Central America according to privateer travel logsJ. Manuel Gómez0Iona College<p>This paper examines the epistemological shift that took place in England during the 17th Century and how it was reflected in piratical and buccaneer travel logs. It explores the practices of visualization and space in quest of knowledge, in the narrative of three privateers who crisscrossed the Central American isthmus: William Dampier, Lionel Wafer, and John Cockburn.</p><p>---</p><p>Original in Spanish.</p>http://www.cadernosdeletras.uff.br/index.php/cadernosdeletras/article/view/462viagem, saber, corsários.
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The English re-discovery: Central America according to privateer travel logs
Cadernos de Letras da UFF
viagem, saber, corsários.
author_facet J. Manuel Gómez
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title The English re-discovery: Central America according to privateer travel logs
title_short The English re-discovery: Central America according to privateer travel logs
title_full The English re-discovery: Central America according to privateer travel logs
title_fullStr The English re-discovery: Central America according to privateer travel logs
title_full_unstemmed The English re-discovery: Central America according to privateer travel logs
title_sort english re-discovery: central america according to privateer travel logs
publisher Universidade Federal Fluminense
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2447-4207
publishDate 2012-12-01
description <p>This paper examines the epistemological shift that took place in England during the 17th Century and how it was reflected in piratical and buccaneer travel logs. It explores the practices of visualization and space in quest of knowledge, in the narrative of three privateers who crisscrossed the Central American isthmus: William Dampier, Lionel Wafer, and John Cockburn.</p><p>---</p><p>Original in Spanish.</p>
topic viagem, saber, corsários.
url http://www.cadernosdeletras.uff.br/index.php/cadernosdeletras/article/view/462
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