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David Buisseret
In 1400 Europe was behind large parts of the world in its understanding of the use of maps. For instance, the people gf China and of Japan were considerably more advanced in this respect. And yet, by 1600 the Europeans had come to use maps for a huge
Autor:
David Buisseret
Publikováno v:
Terrae Incognitae. 53:247-254
Autor:
David Buisseret
Publikováno v:
Terrae Incognitae. 54:295-296
Autor:
David, Buisseret
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The Oxford Companion to World Exploration, 1 ed., 2007.
Autor:
David Buisseret
Publikováno v:
Terrae Incognitae. 52:154-159
The idea for our Society came to three people who were attending the International Congress of the History of Discoveries at Lisbon in 1960. These three, Jack Parker and Vsevolod Slessarev of the J...
Autor:
Carl Kupfer, David Buisseret
Publikováno v:
Journal of Jesuit Studies. 6:57-70
When the French coureurs des bois and missionaries began to penetrate the interior of North America around the middle of the seventeenth century, they were confronted with a hydrological system of remarkable complexity, unique in the world. Some hint
Autor:
David Buisseret
First published in 1984, Henry IV describes and tries to account for Henry's extraordinary life and reign. The book is accompanied, and the arguments are strengthened by numerous plates and maps.The life of Henry IV of France was not only dramatic, b
Autor:
David Buisseret
Publikováno v:
Terrae Incognitae. 53:80-81
The huge triangular area known as “Polynesia” extends from Hawaii in the north to Easter Island in the southeast and to New Zealand in the southwest. It forms the central area of the Pacific Ocean,...
Autor:
David Buisseret
Publikováno v:
Terrae Incognitae. 53:79-80
The past few years have seen a remarkable revival in studies of Samuel de Champlain, founder of French Canada. In the United States, Professor Hackett Fisher published Champlain’s Dream (2008), rev...
Autor:
David Buisseret
Publikováno v:
Terrae Incognitae. 52:116-117