UM VIAJANTE IMAGINÁRIO, IAMBULO, E UM FIDALGO PORTUGUÊS ANÓNIMO NAS ILHAS DO SUDESTE ASIÁTICO想象的旅行者，一個佚名葡國貴族在東南亞島嶼
This article examines the intersection between imaginary travel literature of Classical Antiquity and the historiography of European expansion in the Renaissance. Starting from the account of Iambulus, preserved by Diodorus Siculus in his *Bibliotheca historica*, the author explores how this fantast...
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| Published in: | Review of Culture |
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Instituto Cultural de Macau
April 2004
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| Online Access: | https://www.icm.gov.mo/rc/viewer/pdfViewerParts/40010/3858 |
| Summary: | This article examines the intersection between imaginary travel literature of Classical Antiquity and the historiography of European expansion in the Renaissance. Starting from the account of Iambulus, preserved by Diodorus Siculus in his *Bibliotheca historica*, the author explores how this fantastic voyage across the Indian Ocean to Southeast Asia served as a prototype for the construction of ideal worlds. Juan Gil establishes a parallel between Iambulus’s narrative, imbued with Stoic and Cynic doctrines, and Thomas More’s *Utopia*, arguing that both works employ real maritime discoveries as a basis for projecting transcendent sociopolitical visions. The analysis extends to the figure of an anonymous Portuguese nobleman and the role of Lusitanian humanism in reviving classical myths and chimeras during the Age of Discoveries. Through a comparative and historiographical approach, the study demonstrates that Renaissance explorations were not merely commercial enterprises but also the materialization of secular hopes for happiness and social perfection, situated at the geographical limits of the known world. The article concludes that the dialectic between the real and the imaginary is fundamental to understanding the mindset of the travelers who mapped the islands of Southeast Asia. |
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| ISSN: | 1682-1106 |