Primer Viaje en Torno del Globo (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from Primer Viaje en Torno del Globo

III. El afán de lucrº y el deseº de disminuir las dificultades y lºs riesgºs hicierºn cºncebir diversºs proyectºs para encºntrar mediºs de proporcionarse las mercancías de las Indias de primera manº. Estº suce dió en la épºca del renacimientº de las letras y cuandº el arte de la imprenta, recién inventado, había ya es parcidº más las luces que lºs antiguºs nºs transmitie ron acerca de la navegación y de la figura de la Tierra. Se sabía que algunos navegantes feniciºs, saliendº del mar Rºjº, habían entradº en el Mediterráneo, cºn el mismº navío, pºr el estrechº de Gibraltar por cºnsiguiente, se conjeturaba que del ºcéanº Atlánticº se pºdía llegar pºr mar a la desembºcadura del mar Rºjº, y, navegandº al Este, arribar a las islas de las Es pecias.

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Excerpt from Primer Viaje en Torno del Globo

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.