The Geography of great discoveries
Teaching module for junior secondary schools 17 – 31 October 2023
The course deals with the great geographical explorations that, across time and space, have contributed to radically changing our perception of the world.
The three meetings provide students with a tool to understand the world’s complexity, interrelationships and interdependencies and contribute to forming a systemic vision of spaces, the human and natural environment.
In collaboration with Riccardo Canesi
History of the great explorations
- Tuesday 17 October 2023 at 10:00 - 12:00
Beginning with the history of the first explorers of antiquity, we will trace the stages of the big geographical discoveries, the great sea routes, the penetration of the Atlantic and the birth of a global communications network.
The Age of Discovery between the 15th and 18th centuries
- Tuesday 24 October 2023 at 10:00 - 12:00
Following in the wake of voyages outside the Mediterranean, we will find out how explorations in India, the Pacific and Australia led to new and inevitable changes, including unknown trade routes, astonishing technological advances and new cartography.
Alessandro Malaspina, a great forgotten seafarer
- Tuesday 31 October 2023 at 10:00 - 12:00
We look at the fascinating biography of the great Tuscan seafarer - albeit in the service of Spain - Alessandro Malaspina. From his idea of the great journey and the round-the-world expedition, we come to his years of arrest, imprisonment and exile.
