Between 1750 and 1920 over 15,000 people visited Antarctica. Despite such a large number the historiography has ignored all but a few celebrated explorers. Maddison presents a study of Antarctic exploration, telling the story of these forgotten facilitators, he argues that Antar…
"Alejandro Malaspina : Portrait of a Visionary chronicles the life of an eighteenth-century Italian navigator in the service of Spain whose thirst for knowledge and adventure took him on a five-year voyage throughout Spain's Pacific possessions. On his return he was imprisoned b…
An independent scholar makes available to English readers for the first time the journals and letters of an 18th century Italian navigator in the service of Spain. As thanks for his 1789-94 scientific-political tour of Spanish colonies in the Americas - whose revolt he correctly…
"Alejandro Malaspina: Portrait of a Visionary chronicles the life of an eighteenth-century Italian navigator in the service of Spain whose thirst for knowledge and adventure took him on a five-year voyage throughout Spain's Pacific possessions. On his return he was imprisoned be…
An independent scholar makes available to English readers for the first time the journals and letters of an 18th century Italian navigator in the service of Spain. As thanks for his 1789-94 scientific-political tour of Spanish colonies in the Americas - whose revolt he correctly…