Date of Award:
5-2000
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Environment and Society
Department name when degree awarded
Geography
Committee Chair(s)
Cliff B. Craig
Committee
Cliff B. Craig
Committee
Derrick Thom
Committee
Chris Conte
Abstract
Exploration has been a common literary topic throughout the history of humans. However, much of this historical tradition has possessed a fairly narrow focus, emphasizing the drama and heroics of an individual explorer or concentrating on a description of a particular exploration. There has been little attempt at understanding the process of exploration and placing this important process in context with the historic and geographic phenomena that both affect and are affected by it. In this thesis, the author has broken the process of exploration down into a theoretical structure that is presented in a holistic model. This model has then been applied to the history of 15th century Portuguese exploration to test its applicability and usefulness.
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Recommended Citation
St.Onge, Joseph, "The Geography of Exploration: A Study in the Process of Physical Exploration and Geographical Discovery" (2000). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 6581.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/6581
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