出版社：Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
摘要：Given the limited scientific training of pilots who traveled to the Spanish Indies in the early sixteenth century, Spanish Crown, first with Charles V and later with Philip II, was devoted not only to build institutions and scientific positions for organizing the nautical and cosmographic knowledge of the New World, but also teaching methods designed in the form of lectures, courses and examinations for the training and licensing of those navigators willing to sail the Mar Océano (Atlantic Ocean). The ultimate objective of the Monarchy was, first, to guarantee the maintenance of its production overseas Empire and, secondly, to ensure both the safety of their fleets and their men as well as State coffers, since the shipwrecks posed serious economic losses.
关键词：Chair of Cosmography;Experience;University of Navigators;Scientific training;Exams;Pilots;Cátedra de Cosmografía;Experiencia;Universidad de Mareantes;Formación científica;Exámenes;Pilotos
