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LAGOA (Visconde de). DA INFLUÊNCIA da Cartografia Coeva no Descobrimentos do estreito de Magalhães. Lisboa. 1939. - LAGOA (Visconde de) DA INFLUÊNCIA da Cartografia Coeva no Descobrimentos do estreito de Magalhães . Lisboa: Sociedade Nacional de Tipografia, 1939. 40 pp.: il.; 250 mm. This booklet addresses one of the central questions in the historiography related to Magellan's voyage: to what extent did contemporary Portuguese and German cartography inform Ferdinand Magellan about the existence of a passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans before his voyage of 1519-1521 that led him to the strait now named after him? The study compares the cartographic tradition of the early 16th century with the results of the expedition, illustrating this with cartographic reproductions. Published in 1939, as part of the Viscount of Lagoa's work on the navigator, it is a relevant contribution to the discussion of the role of maps and globes from the first quarter of the 16th century in the planning of the discoveries, a topic that continues to be cited in specialized bibliography on Magellan and the Moluccas question. Interesting. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate