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The Lusiads

Categorie	Ontdekkingsreizen & Expedities
Boeknummer	#426697-XQ34
Titel	The Lusiads
Auteur	Camoes, Luis Vaz de
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	London : Penguin
Jaar van uitgave	1987
ISBN10	0140440267
ISBN13	9780140440263
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, 8vo.
Samenvatting	The first European artist to cross the equator, Camoes's narrative reflects the novelty and fascination of that original encounter with Africa, India and the Far East. The poem's twin symbols are the Cross and the Astrolabe, and its celebration of a turning point in mankind's knowledge of the world unites the old map of the heavens with the newly discovered terrain on earth. Yet it speaks powerfully, too, of the precariousness of power, and of the rise and decline of nationhood, threatened not only from without by enemies, but from within by loss of integrity and vision. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works through... (Lees verder)out history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Pagina's	248
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 6,00

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