Voyages of discovery: Venturing into the unknown

Authors

  • Josep Maria Camarasa Carl Faust Foundation, Blanes (Girona, Spain).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7203/metode.79.2631

Keywords:

discovery, expedition, search

Abstract

Every journey, even the most trivial, has an element of discovery, both in terms of discovering the outside world and the traveller’s self-discovery. For some travellers, however, discovery is the very purpose of their journey, and history has witnessed their widely ranging objectives, ingenuity and deeds.

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Josep Maria Camarasa, Carl Faust Foundation, Blanes (Girona, Spain).

Biologist and Science Historian, supervisor at the Carl Faust Foundation, Blanes (Girona, Spain).

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Published

2014-06-01

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Camarasa, J. M. (2014). Voyages of discovery: Venturing into the unknown. Metode Science Studies Journal, (4), 117–123. https://doi.org/10.7203/metode.79.2631
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The spirit of science (2014)

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Pathfinders in science. Expeditions and voyages of discovery

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