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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.

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Língua Inglês ● Formato PDF ● Páginas 546 ● ISBN 9783110610734 ● Tradutor Joel Golb ● Editora De Gruyter ● Publicado 2020 ● Carregável 3 vezes ● Moeda EUR ● ID 9434061 ● Proteção contra cópia Adobe DRM

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