by Alain Corbin · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782226449313
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«Terra Incognita: Une histoire de l'ignorance» is the historical essay by Alain Corbin, published by Albin Michel in paperback (288 pages, in French).
Essay on the history of ignorance: for centuries humankind barely knew the Earth and maps said Terra Incognita. Corbin surveys errors and conjectures about meteorology, the ocean depths and the poles, and explains that lack of knowledge fueled imagination and the desire to discover.
Original title in French, published on February 26, 2020 in the A.M. Histoire collection.
Recommended for readers of history and nonfiction, especially those interested in the history of science.
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Alain Corbin is a French historian. He is a specialist of the 19th century in France and in microhistory.
