Event Description

For its next online workshop, the Rutter Project (University of Lisbon) explores the role of astrological practices in the global navigations of the early modern period.

Navigating by the stars: the other side – Luís Ribeiro (University of Lisbon)

“Stars about which neither astrologers nor sailors have written”. Stellar influences in early modern Chronicles on South American lands – Tayra Lanuza Navarro (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia)

What astrology might have looked like in early colonial Brazil? Some conjectures from and about archival absences – Thomás Haddad (University of São Paulo)

Stoeffler in Spain: Cosmology and Astrology in Mapping the New World – Josefina Rodriguez Arribas (Westfälischen Wilhelms University)

Time on board: preliminary remarks on calendars, motion of the moon, and tides in sixteenth century navigation – Henrique Leitão and José Madruga (University of Lisbon)

Thursday 17 February 2022, 14:00-17:00 PT

Source: https://rutter-project.org/cosmology-astrology-globalization/

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