CRISTOFORO COLOMBO e i VICHINGHI: Chi ha scoperto l'America?
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I VICHINGHI HANNO SCOPERTO L'AMERICA!
Questa affermazione viene ripetuta ovunque: nei documentari, nelle conferenze, nei dibattiti storici e perfino nei libri scolastici.
Ma � davvero corretta?
S�, i Vichinghi raggiunsero il Nord America circa cinque secoli prima di Cristoforo Colombo.
No, i Vichinghi non scoprirono l'America.
Tra queste due affermazioni, apparentemente contraddittorie, si nasconde una delle pi� affascinanti vicende della storia delle esplorazioni.
Chi erano realmente i Vichinghi? Come vivevano? Quali straordinarie capacit� nautiche permisero loro di attraversare l'Atlantico settentrionale? Chi erano Erik il Rosso, Leif Erikson e gli altri protagonisti dell'espansione norrena? Che cosa sappiamo realmente del Vinland e degli insediamenti nordici nel Nuovo Mondo?
Partendo dalle saghe islandesi, dalle testimonianze medievali e dalle moderne scoperte archeologiche, questo libro ripercorre l'intera epopea vichinga, dalle coste della Scandinavia alle remote terre dell'Atlantico del Nord.
Ma questo volume non si limita a raccontare la storia dei Vichinghi.
Affronta una questione molto pi� importante.
Che cosa significa realmente "scoprire"?
Basta arrivare per primi?
Se cos� fosse, la storia sarebbe piena di scopritori dimenticati.
Una scoperta storica, invece, � qualcosa di diverso: � un evento che viene comunicato, documentato, compreso e che produce conseguenze durature.
Ed � proprio qui che emerge la figura di Cristoforo Colombo.
Il viaggio del 1492 non rappresent� soltanto una traversata oceanica di eccezionale audacia.
Fu l'inizio di una rivoluzione destinata a modificare per sempre il corso della storia umana. Dopo Colombo, Europa e America entrarono in contatto permanente; nacquero nuove rotte commerciali, nuove conoscenze geografiche e nuovi equilibri politici. Non a caso molti storici considerano il 1492 l'alba dell'Et� Moderna.
L'autore affronta inoltre il controverso problema dell'origine del nome America, il ruolo attribuito ad Amerigo Vespucci e le circostanze che portarono un continente scoperto da Colombo a essere ricordato con il nome di un altro uomo.
Con uno stile diretto, documentato e spesso provocatorio, Luigi Tufolo invita il lettore a distinguere tra mito e realt�, tra leggenda e documentazione storica, tra una presenza occasionale e una scoperta destinata a cambiare il mondo.
Un saggio dedicato a tutti coloro che amano la storia delle esplorazioni e desiderano comprendere uno dei pi� grandi dibattiti della storia universale.
Perch� i Vichinghi arrivarono.
Cristoforo Colombo cambi� il mondo.
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