Sea Fortune

Literature and Navigation

• Author(s): Burkhardt Wolf,
• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
• Pages: 546
• ISBN_10: 3110609347
  ISBN_13: 9783110609349
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / General , Literary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / General , Science / General , Science / Research & Methodology , Language Arts & Disciplines / General , Literary Criticism / Semiotics & Theory , Social Science / General ,

Description:... 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.