Documenting the tropical natural world in the account of Antonio Pigafetta

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Autor(a) principal: Nobre de Carvalho, Teresa
Data de Publicação: 2020
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/110538
Resumo: UIDB/04666/2020 UIDP/04666/2020 SFRH/BPD/119899/2016
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spelling Documenting the tropical natural world in the account of Antonio PigafettaFernão de Magalhãescircumnavigationtropical natural worldcirculation of botanical knowledgeclovesSyzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. & L.M.PerryUIDB/04666/2020 UIDP/04666/2020 SFRH/BPD/119899/2016In the account of his journey of circumnavigation, Antonio Pigafetta (1492-c.1531) noted the uniqueness of the places that he had visited. In addition to peoples and landscapes, he described trees, fruits and herbs, as well as insects, birds, fish and mammals. He referred to numerous species, some of which were new to, or little known in the West. In this essay, I will analyse Antonio Pigafetta’s references to the plants and animals observed during his overseas travels. The species recorded around the world suggest that he was both a keen observer and well resourced. His observations allowed him to describe a world which, united by the oceans, revealed a surprising continuity. For the Italian, many of the vegetable and animal species that he observed in the Americas, on the islands of Southeast Asia or on the vast oceans were similar to others spotted previously, in other regions, by European voyagers. From the Indies to the African coast and from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the globe navigated by Pigafetta demonstrated continuity never before attested to. Crossing boundaries established by political agreements and routes defined by commercial interests, the description of this unified and circumnavigable planet contributed, throughout the 16th century, to the emergence of a new way of understanding nature. In this article, I will seek to identify, in some Early Modern botanical treatises, echoes of this new way of looking at the natural world, as proposed by Antonio Pigafetta.CHAM - Centro de HumanidadesRUNNobre de Carvalho, Teresa2021-01-21T23:46:03Z2020-122020-12-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article26application/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/110538eng2422-779XPURE: 27481341info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T04:54:25Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/110538Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:41:39.844188Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Documenting the tropical natural world in the account of Antonio Pigafetta
spellingShingle Documenting the tropical natural world in the account of Antonio Pigafetta
Nobre de Carvalho, Teresa
Fernão de Magalhães
circumnavigation
tropical natural world
circulation of botanical knowledge
cloves
Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry
title_short Documenting the tropical natural world in the account of Antonio Pigafetta
title_full Documenting the tropical natural world in the account of Antonio Pigafetta
title_fullStr Documenting the tropical natural world in the account of Antonio Pigafetta
title_full_unstemmed Documenting the tropical natural world in the account of Antonio Pigafetta
title_sort Documenting the tropical natural world in the account of Antonio Pigafetta
author Nobre de Carvalho, Teresa
author_facet Nobre de Carvalho, Teresa
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv CHAM - Centro de Humanidades
RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Nobre de Carvalho, Teresa
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Fernão de Magalhães
circumnavigation
tropical natural world
circulation of botanical knowledge
cloves
Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry
topic Fernão de Magalhães
circumnavigation
tropical natural world
circulation of botanical knowledge
cloves
Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry
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