Faeelin
Banned
Okay, reading Wordly Goods, an excellent book on the material aspct of the
renaissance, I came across something interesting:
"Armed with Behaim's carotgraphically precise globe, with its functional
commercial annotatoins, the Nuremberg merchants set out to raise the backing
for an expedition westwards, in search of an alternative access route to the
coveted spice islands. In 1492, they approached the German Emperor
Maximilian. Their attempt to interest him in a business proposition,
however, got nowhere-it was neither Maximilian's temperament nor part of his
financial power-brokeing tactics tos peculate in trade. " (298)
Unfortunately, sailing from Hamburg or Antwerp isn't likely to end up with
you htiting the Carribean. But... dare I suggest that perhaps german
colonies are not quite as far fetched as we once thought?
Okay, so the set up. In 1493, sailors set forth from Hamburg. And lo, they
discover a new world. The current would apparently push them towards the
carribean, I think. Am I wrong?
And now what?
renaissance, I came across something interesting:
"Armed with Behaim's carotgraphically precise globe, with its functional
commercial annotatoins, the Nuremberg merchants set out to raise the backing
for an expedition westwards, in search of an alternative access route to the
coveted spice islands. In 1492, they approached the German Emperor
Maximilian. Their attempt to interest him in a business proposition,
however, got nowhere-it was neither Maximilian's temperament nor part of his
financial power-brokeing tactics tos peculate in trade. " (298)
Unfortunately, sailing from Hamburg or Antwerp isn't likely to end up with
you htiting the Carribean. But... dare I suggest that perhaps german
colonies are not quite as far fetched as we once thought?
Okay, so the set up. In 1493, sailors set forth from Hamburg. And lo, they
discover a new world. The current would apparently push them towards the
carribean, I think. Am I wrong?
And now what?