Nautical mission: on books, discourses and cultural practices in the "Carrera de Indias" during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
Keywords:
overseas voyages, writing culture, clergy, religiosity, missions
Abstract
This article considers the significance of written culture on the transoceanic voyages of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, focusing mainly on travels between Spain and its American colonies, but also on Portuguese navigations. The article’s main goal is to establish the role played by religious discourses during the overseas journeys. The ships normally carried numerous clergymen who took advantage of dangerous circumstances during the trip in order to indoctrinate travellers and crews.Downloads
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González Sánchez C. A. (2014). Nautical mission: on books, discourses and cultural practices in the "Carrera de Indias" during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Cuadernos de Historia Moderna, 71-86. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_CHMO.2014.46791
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