Suchergebnisse

pt. 1. The legation is planned -- Christianity in Japan -- Preparing the legation -- pt. 2. The journey to Europe -- Passage to India -- From India to Europe -- pt. 3. Through Portugal and Spain -- Portugal -- Spain and 'the most potent monarch' -- From Alcalá to Alicante -- pt. 4. Rome and the two Popes -- The road to Rome -- The papal audience -- The stay in Rome -- The new Pope -- pt. 5. Further travels in Europe -- Bologna and Ferrara -- Carnival of Venice -- From Padua to Genoa -- Spain and Portugal revisited -- pt. 6. The return to Japan -- The return journey -- Reception in Japan -- pt. 7. Summing up -- Assessment of the enterprise

Emerging in the English language during the 1590s, the etymological origins of the word "disaster" are found in désastre from Middle French (1560s) and disastro from Italian, meaning "ill-starred," with "dis-," a pejorative and "astro" meaning "star" or "planet"—from the Latin astrum and from the Greek ástron. The notion was of "an unfavorable aspect of a star or planet," a "malevolent astral influence," or a "calamity blamed on an unfavorable position of a planet."