Delve into the intriguing exploration of our planet with this captivating book, perfect for history enthusiasts and avid readers alike. With its focus on the often-overlooked history of ignorance, 'Terra Incognita' by Alain Corbin provides a detailed analysis of the gaps in knowledge that have shaped human understanding of Earth's mysteries. This rich narrative examines the era of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when explorers began to unveil the secrets of volcanoes, polar regions, glaciers, and oceans. Each page reveals how our ancestors grappled with uncharted territories and what they learned from their uncertainties. Ideal for those interested in the history of science and exploration, this brand-new paperback with 188 pages invites readers to reflect on how the past has influenced modern knowledge. Discover how ignorance can illuminate our quest for understanding and inspire curiosity about the natural world. Don't miss this opportunity to learn about the essence of exploration and intellectual evolution. Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. ISBN: 9781509546268, 2021 Edition, Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK).

Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.

Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781509546268
Year: 2021
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 188


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Identifying gaps in knowledge is the first duty of any historian who sets out to understand the past. It is impossible fully to understand our forebears without some idea of what they did not know: the history of ignorance is an indispensable part of history itself.


Here Alain Corbin focuses on our planet, exploring its mysteries past and present, and the intensity and eventual decline of the modes of terror and wonder it aroused. For thousands of years, humans knew nearly nothing about the earth. Certain locations on the map simply read ˜Terra Incognita™. Corbin recounts the many errors and uncertainties that littered the paths we followed in the attempt to discover the secrets of our blue planet, with a particular focus on the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries when the mysteries of volcanoes, the polar regions, glaciers, the stratosphere and the oceans began to be uncovered. While ignorance stimulated our ancestors™ imagination, Corbin™s history of ignorance reawakens our thirst for knowledge and changes our view of the world.