The course provides the necessary basis for understanding the growth process of geographical knowledge and the geographical horizon from prehistory to the present day, from the first hypothesis and measurements about the shape and measurement of the Earth to the birth of Geography, from ancient astronomical tables to the cartografia nautica, from medieval summe to the geographical sciences., from the first travel experiences to the time of the great voyages of discovery, from migrations to travels of exploration into the cosmos.
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
The concepts of geographic horizon and geographical discovery. Travel and Geography in ancient and medieval times. The medieval nautical cartography. The maritime republics. Spain and Portugal from the Middle Ages and Modern Age. The Portuguese on the route to India. Great geographical discoveries: premises and consequences. The seventeenth century. The Illuminismo. The “construction” of geographical science in the nineteenth century. The modern exploration. The history of discovery and its exploitation. The Geography and contemporary society.
• Ilaria Luzzana Caraci, Al di là di altrove, Milano Mursia, 2009;
• Historical Atlas.
Programme
Teaching Unit I - 6 credits (36 hours) Exploration and geographical knowledge from ancient to modernThe concepts of geographic horizon and geographical discovery. Travel and Geography in ancient and medieval times. The medieval nautical cartography. The maritime republics. Spain and Portugal from the Middle Ages and Modern Age. The Portuguese on the route to India. Great geographical discoveries: premises and consequences. The seventeenth century. The Illuminismo. The “construction” of geographical science in the nineteenth century. The modern exploration. The history of discovery and its exploitation. The Geography and contemporary society.
Core Documentation
Teaching Unit I-6 CFU• Ilaria Luzzana Caraci, Al di là di altrove, Milano Mursia, 2009;
• Historical Atlas.
Reference Bibliography
David Abulafia, The Discovery of Mankind: Atlantic Encounters in the Age of Columbus, New Haven, Yale University Press, 2008. Luís de Albuquerque (dir.), Dicionário de História dos Descobrimentos Portugueses, coordenação Francisco Contente Domingues, Círculo de Leitores, Lisboa 1994, 2 voll. Glenn J. Ames, L’età delle scoperte geografiche 1500-1700, Bologna, Universale paperbacks Il Mulino, 2011. Margherita Azzari, Leonardo Rombai (a cura di), Amerigo Vespucci e i mercanti viaggiatori fiorentini del Cinquecento, Firenze, Firenze University Press, 2013. Cosimo Bertacchi, Geografi ed esploratori italiani contemporanei, Milano, De Agostini, 1929. Francesca Cantù (a cura di), Scoperta e conquista di un Mondo Nuovo, Roma, Viella, 2007. Annalisa D’Ascenzo, Cultura geografica e cartografia in Italia alla fine del Cinquecento. Il Trattato universale di Urbano Monte. Roma, Viella, 2012. Annalisa D’Ascenzo (a cura di), Geostoria. Geostorie, CISGE, Roma 2015. John H. Elliott, The Old World and the New: 1492-1650, Paperback, 1992. John H. Elliott, Empires of the Atlantic World: Britain and Spain in America 1492-1830, Paperback, 2007 Federico Ferretti, Da Strabone al cyberspazio. Introduzione alla storia del pensiero geografico, Milano, Guerini, 2014. Gaetano Ferro, Ilaria Luzzana Caraci, Ai confini dell'orizzonte. Storia delle esplorazioni e della geografia, Milano Mursia, 2009. Gaetano Ferro, Le navigazioni lusitane nell'Atlantico e Cristoforo Colombo in Portogallo, Milano Mursia, 1984. Ilaria Luzzana Caraci, La geografia italiana tra ‘800 e ‘900 (dall’Unità ad Olinto Marinelli), Genova, Pubblicazioni dell’Ist. di Scienze Geografiche, 1982. Antonio Magini, Geografia сiоè descrittione universale della Terra, Venetia, Appresso Gio. Battista, & Giorgio Galignani Fratelli, MDXCVIII. Massimo Quaini, Michele Castelnovi, Visions of the celestial empire. China's image in western cartography, Il Portolano-Centro Studi Martino Martini, Genova-Trento, 2007. Girolamo Ruscelli, La Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo alessandrino nuovamente tradotta di greco in italiano, Venezia, Valgrisi, 1561. Massimo Quaini, Il mito di Atlante. Storia della cartografia occidentale in età moderna. 2006. R.W. Shirley, The Mapping of the World. Early Printed World Map 1472-1700, London, New Holland, 1993. Paolo Emilio Taviani, Ilaria Luzzana Caraci, Le historie della vita e dei fatti dell’Ammiraglio don Cristoforo Colombo, in Grande Raccolta colombiana, Roma, IPZS, 1990, vol. VIII Giuseppe Tucci, Italia e Oriente, Roma, ISIAO, 2005.Type of delivery of the course
Frontal lessons, in the classroom, with the support of slides and readings that are made available weekly, after the lessons themselves. Moreover, educational visits (one or more days), seminars, and opportunities to study the topics are organizedAttendance
As with all other courses, attendance is mandatory. During the lessons is provided the knowledge necessary to pass the exam, with the support of slides and readings, and it is possible to interact with the teacher. The examination procedures are also illustrated and numerous examples of verification questions and correct answers are given.Type of evaluation
The exam - if possible - is written, for everyone. Open questions, on figures, themes or nodal events for the history of geography and exploration teacher profile teaching materials
The concepts of geographic horizon and geographical discovery. Travel and Geography in ancient and medieval times. The medieval nautical cartography. The maritime republics. Spain and Portugal from the Middle Ages and Modern Age. The Portuguese on the route to India. Great geographical discoveries: premises and consequences. The seventeenth century. The Illuminismo. The “construction” of geographical science in the nineteenth century. The modern exploration. The history of discovery and its exploitation. The Geography and contemporary society.
• Ilaria Luzzana Caraci, Al di là di altrove, Milano Mursia, 2009;
• Historical Atlas.
Programme
Teaching Unit I - 6 credits (36 hours) Exploration and geographical knowledge from ancient to modernThe concepts of geographic horizon and geographical discovery. Travel and Geography in ancient and medieval times. The medieval nautical cartography. The maritime republics. Spain and Portugal from the Middle Ages and Modern Age. The Portuguese on the route to India. Great geographical discoveries: premises and consequences. The seventeenth century. The Illuminismo. The “construction” of geographical science in the nineteenth century. The modern exploration. The history of discovery and its exploitation. The Geography and contemporary society.
Core Documentation
Teaching Unit I-6 CFU• Ilaria Luzzana Caraci, Al di là di altrove, Milano Mursia, 2009;
• Historical Atlas.
Reference Bibliography
David Abulafia, The Discovery of Mankind: Atlantic Encounters in the Age of Columbus, New Haven, Yale University Press, 2008. Luís de Albuquerque (dir.), Dicionário de História dos Descobrimentos Portugueses, coordenação Francisco Contente Domingues, Círculo de Leitores, Lisboa 1994, 2 voll. Glenn J. Ames, L’età delle scoperte geografiche 1500-1700, Bologna, Universale paperbacks Il Mulino, 2011. Margherita Azzari, Leonardo Rombai (a cura di), Amerigo Vespucci e i mercanti viaggiatori fiorentini del Cinquecento, Firenze, Firenze University Press, 2013. Cosimo Bertacchi, Geografi ed esploratori italiani contemporanei, Milano, De Agostini, 1929. Francesca Cantù (a cura di), Scoperta e conquista di un Mondo Nuovo, Roma, Viella, 2007. Annalisa D’Ascenzo, Cultura geografica e cartografia in Italia alla fine del Cinquecento. Il Trattato universale di Urbano Monte. Roma, Viella, 2012. Annalisa D’Ascenzo (a cura di), Geostoria. Geostorie, CISGE, Roma 2015. John H. Elliott, The Old World and the New: 1492-1650, Paperback, 1992. John H. Elliott, Empires of the Atlantic World: Britain and Spain in America 1492-1830, Paperback, 2007 Federico Ferretti, Da Strabone al cyberspazio. Introduzione alla storia del pensiero geografico, Milano, Guerini, 2014. Gaetano Ferro, Ilaria Luzzana Caraci, Ai confini dell'orizzonte. Storia delle esplorazioni e della geografia, Milano Mursia, 2009. Gaetano Ferro, Le navigazioni lusitane nell'Atlantico e Cristoforo Colombo in Portogallo, Milano Mursia, 1984. Ilaria Luzzana Caraci, La geografia italiana tra ‘800 e ‘900 (dall’Unità ad Olinto Marinelli), Genova, Pubblicazioni dell’Ist. di Scienze Geografiche, 1982. Antonio Magini, Geografia сiоè descrittione universale della Terra, Venetia, Appresso Gio. Battista, & Giorgio Galignani Fratelli, MDXCVIII. Massimo Quaini, Michele Castelnovi, Visions of the celestial empire. China's image in western cartography, Il Portolano-Centro Studi Martino Martini, Genova-Trento, 2007. Girolamo Ruscelli, La Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo alessandrino nuovamente tradotta di greco in italiano, Venezia, Valgrisi, 1561. Massimo Quaini, Il mito di Atlante. Storia della cartografia occidentale in età moderna. 2006. R.W. Shirley, The Mapping of the World. Early Printed World Map 1472-1700, London, New Holland, 1993. Paolo Emilio Taviani, Ilaria Luzzana Caraci, Le historie della vita e dei fatti dell’Ammiraglio don Cristoforo Colombo, in Grande Raccolta colombiana, Roma, IPZS, 1990, vol. VIII Giuseppe Tucci, Italia e Oriente, Roma, ISIAO, 2005.Type of delivery of the course
Frontal lessons, in the classroom, with the support of slides and readings that are made available weekly, after the lessons themselves. Moreover, educational visits (one or more days), seminars, and opportunities to study the topics are organizedAttendance
As with all other courses, attendance is mandatory. During the lessons is provided the knowledge necessary to pass the exam, with the support of slides and readings, and it is possible to interact with the teacher. The examination procedures are also illustrated and numerous examples of verification questions and correct answers are given.Type of evaluation
The exam - if possible - is written, for everyone. Open questions, on figures, themes or nodal events for the history of geography and exploration teacher profile teaching materials
The concepts of geographic horizon and geographical discovery. Travel and Geography in ancient and medieval times. The medieval nautical cartography. The maritime republics. Spain and Portugal from the Middle Ages and Modern Age. The Portuguese on the route to India. Great geographical discoveries: premises and consequences. The seventeenth century. The Illuminismo. The “construction” of geographical science in the nineteenth century. The modern exploration. The history of discovery and its exploitation. The Geography and contemporary society.
• Ilaria Luzzana Caraci, Al di là di altrove, Milano Mursia, 2009;
• Historical Atlas.
Programme
Teaching Unit I - 6 credits (36 hours) Exploration and geographical knowledge from ancient to modernThe concepts of geographic horizon and geographical discovery. Travel and Geography in ancient and medieval times. The medieval nautical cartography. The maritime republics. Spain and Portugal from the Middle Ages and Modern Age. The Portuguese on the route to India. Great geographical discoveries: premises and consequences. The seventeenth century. The Illuminismo. The “construction” of geographical science in the nineteenth century. The modern exploration. The history of discovery and its exploitation. The Geography and contemporary society.
Core Documentation
Teaching Unit I-6 CFU• Ilaria Luzzana Caraci, Al di là di altrove, Milano Mursia, 2009;
• Historical Atlas.
Reference Bibliography
David Abulafia, The Discovery of Mankind: Atlantic Encounters in the Age of Columbus, New Haven, Yale University Press, 2008. Luís de Albuquerque (dir.), Dicionário de História dos Descobrimentos Portugueses, coordenação Francisco Contente Domingues, Círculo de Leitores, Lisboa 1994, 2 voll. Glenn J. Ames, L’età delle scoperte geografiche 1500-1700, Bologna, Universale paperbacks Il Mulino, 2011. Margherita Azzari, Leonardo Rombai (a cura di), Amerigo Vespucci e i mercanti viaggiatori fiorentini del Cinquecento, Firenze, Firenze University Press, 2013. Cosimo Bertacchi, Geografi ed esploratori italiani contemporanei, Milano, De Agostini, 1929. Francesca Cantù (a cura di), Scoperta e conquista di un Mondo Nuovo, Roma, Viella, 2007. Annalisa D’Ascenzo, Cultura geografica e cartografia in Italia alla fine del Cinquecento. Il Trattato universale di Urbano Monte. Roma, Viella, 2012. Annalisa D’Ascenzo (a cura di), Geostoria. Geostorie, CISGE, Roma 2015. John H. Elliott, The Old World and the New: 1492-1650, Paperback, 1992. John H. Elliott, Empires of the Atlantic World: Britain and Spain in America 1492-1830, Paperback, 2007 Federico Ferretti, Da Strabone al cyberspazio. Introduzione alla storia del pensiero geografico, Milano, Guerini, 2014. Gaetano Ferro, Ilaria Luzzana Caraci, Ai confini dell'orizzonte. Storia delle esplorazioni e della geografia, Milano Mursia, 2009. Gaetano Ferro, Le navigazioni lusitane nell'Atlantico e Cristoforo Colombo in Portogallo, Milano Mursia, 1984. Ilaria Luzzana Caraci, La geografia italiana tra ‘800 e ‘900 (dall’Unità ad Olinto Marinelli), Genova, Pubblicazioni dell’Ist. di Scienze Geografiche, 1982. Antonio Magini, Geografia сiоè descrittione universale della Terra, Venetia, Appresso Gio. Battista, & Giorgio Galignani Fratelli, MDXCVIII. Massimo Quaini, Michele Castelnovi, Visions of the celestial empire. China's image in western cartography, Il Portolano-Centro Studi Martino Martini, Genova-Trento, 2007. Girolamo Ruscelli, La Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo alessandrino nuovamente tradotta di greco in italiano, Venezia, Valgrisi, 1561. Massimo Quaini, Il mito di Atlante. Storia della cartografia occidentale in età moderna. 2006. R.W. Shirley, The Mapping of the World. Early Printed World Map 1472-1700, London, New Holland, 1993. Paolo Emilio Taviani, Ilaria Luzzana Caraci, Le historie della vita e dei fatti dell’Ammiraglio don Cristoforo Colombo, in Grande Raccolta colombiana, Roma, IPZS, 1990, vol. VIII Giuseppe Tucci, Italia e Oriente, Roma, ISIAO, 2005.Type of delivery of the course
Frontal lessons, in the classroom, with the support of slides and readings that are made available weekly, after the lessons themselves. Moreover, educational visits (one or more days), seminars, and opportunities to study the topics are organizedAttendance
As with all other courses, attendance is mandatory. During the lessons is provided the knowledge necessary to pass the exam, with the support of slides and readings, and it is possible to interact with the teacher. The examination procedures are also illustrated and numerous examples of verification questions and correct answers are given.Type of evaluation
The exam - if possible - is written, for everyone. Open questions, on figures, themes or nodal events for the history of geography and exploration