The geographical discoveries of the Early Modern period fostered the dissemination of a wide variety of travel books, as well as an evolution of the concept of Geography. Daniello Bartoli's La Geografia trasportata al morale (1664) represents both these leanings since it narrates a fictional journey through actual locations while devoting regular and deep thoughts to the meaning of the earth's description and human understanding. In Bartoli's Geography, every place on earth has a lesson to teach. Through the perusal of Bartoli's text, this essay aims to show how Islands, especially, seem to combine their moral lesson with a peculiar identity related to a typical early-modern conundrum, such as the tension between essence and appearance.
“A Thousand Miles of Trouble Seas We Sailed.” The Island as a Moral Guide in Daniello Bartoli's Geography / Madella, Laura; Frei, Elisa. - In: VIATOR. - ISSN 0083-5897. - 55:1(2024), pp. 203-219. [10.1484/J.VIATOR.5.144511]
“A Thousand Miles of Trouble Seas We Sailed.” The Island as a Moral Guide in Daniello Bartoli's Geography.
Laura Madella;
2024-01-01
Abstract
The geographical discoveries of the Early Modern period fostered the dissemination of a wide variety of travel books, as well as an evolution of the concept of Geography. Daniello Bartoli's La Geografia trasportata al morale (1664) represents both these leanings since it narrates a fictional journey through actual locations while devoting regular and deep thoughts to the meaning of the earth's description and human understanding. In Bartoli's Geography, every place on earth has a lesson to teach. Through the perusal of Bartoli's text, this essay aims to show how Islands, especially, seem to combine their moral lesson with a peculiar identity related to a typical early-modern conundrum, such as the tension between essence and appearance.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
