Sea Fortune: Literature and Navigation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783110608953)

Sea fortune has always been an issue of good faith and good navigation. While in antiquity, fortuna gubernatrix was praised for shielding the seaborne trade, in the Renaissance fortuna symbolized the conquest of chance and danger. Under such auspices, while relying on risk technologies modern seafaring has never lost its adventurous dimension. Understanding their origin remains a challenge for the history of science and the history of literature.

Author: Burkhardt Wolf
ISBN-10: 3110608952
ISBN-13: 9783110608953
Publisher: de Gruyter
Language: English
Published: 10/12/2020
Pages: 546
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.24lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.38d