Misconceptions about the great discoveries, 15th-16th centuries.
Chandeigne| N° d'inventaire | 25698 |
| Format | 12 x 17.5 |
| Détails | 256 p., color illustrations, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2019 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782367321882 |
"Magellane" collection.
Preconceived ideas die hard, and they didn't wait for social media to proliferate, enchant imaginations, or manipulate consciences. The Great Discoveries, the first moment of globalization, touched every continent, every ocean, and mobilized the forces of all Europe. During a historical sequence of this magnitude, the imagination runs wild, and myths encroach on reality. Very quickly, their amalgamation forms preconceived ideas, considered from then on as intangible truths, even when they have no foundation...
They are as innumerable as they are zany, and here we draw up an edifying inventory, recalling that the medieval belief in a flat Earth is indeed a 19th-century invention, that the "famous" school of Henry the Navigator never existed, nor did the burning ships of Cortès... Magellan, for his part, has the privilege of having his own blooper reel. An original and playful reinterpretation of the saga of the Great Discoveries, and a salutary exercise in respecting the facts, in these times of widespread fake news and invasive "post-truth".
"Magellane" collection.
Preconceived ideas die hard, and they didn't wait for social media to proliferate, enchant imaginations, or manipulate consciences. The Great Discoveries, the first moment of globalization, touched every continent, every ocean, and mobilized the forces of all Europe. During a historical sequence of this magnitude, the imagination runs wild, and myths encroach on reality. Very quickly, their amalgamation forms preconceived ideas, considered from then on as intangible truths, even when they have no foundation...
They are as innumerable as they are zany, and here we draw up an edifying inventory, recalling that the medieval belief in a flat Earth is indeed a 19th-century invention, that the "famous" school of Henry the Navigator never existed, nor did the burning ships of Cortès... Magellan, for his part, has the privilege of having his own blooper reel. An original and playful reinterpretation of the saga of the Great Discoveries, and a salutary exercise in respecting the facts, in these times of widespread fake news and invasive "post-truth".