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Terra Incognita - by Alain Corbin (Paperback)

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  • About the Author: Alain Corbin (Lonlay-l'Abbaye, 1936) es historiador y uno de los más conspicuos exponentes de la denominada historia de las sensibilidades.
  • 240 Pages
  • Nature, General

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For thousands of years, human beings ignored a large part of the planet's territories, landscapes and inhabitants, and on maps the unknown regions were called Terra incognita. Even in 1840, the seabed was a complete mystery. Thirty years later, scientists continued to defend that the sea covered the poles and in 1900 no one had yet managed to reach the stratosphere. And yet, all these gaps became the stimulus our ancestors needed to unravel the secrets of the Earth that amazed and terrified them in equal measure. In pursuit of knowledge they made countless mistakes, sometimes brilliant, often strange, but always fascinating. In this magnificent essay, Alan Corbin offers us a revealing story of ignorance as the engine of human curiosity that awakens our thirst for knowledge and transforms our vision of the world.



About the Author



Alain Corbin (Lonlay-l'Abbaye, 1936) es historiador y uno de los más conspicuos exponentes de la denominada historia de las sensibilidades. Profesor emérito de la Sorbona, ha publicado, entre otros, los ensayos Historia del silencio (Acantilado, 2019), «Terra incognita» (Acantilado, 2024), Le Miasme et la Jonquille (1982), Historia del cuerpo (2005), Historia del cristianismo (2007) y La Douceur de l'ombre (2013).
Dimensions (Overall): 8.19 Inches (H) x 5.12 Inches (W) x .55 Inches (D)
Weight: .65 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 240
Genre: Nature
Sub-Genre: General
Publisher: El Acantilado
Format: Paperback
Author: Alain Corbin
Language: Spanish
Street Date: November 26, 2024
TCIN: 1003279562
UPC: 9788419958020
Item Number (DPCI): 247-43-1247
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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