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Online-Ressource (481 p)
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9780822935162
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In Nature in the New World (translated 1985),Antonello Gerbiexamines the fascinating reports of the first Europeans to see the Americas. These accounts provided the basis for the images of strange and new flora, fauna, and human creatures that filled European imaginations.Initial chapters are devoted to the writings of Columbus, Vespucci, Cortés, Verrazzano, and others. The second portion of the book concerns the Historia general y natural de las Indias of Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo, a work commissioned by Charles V of Spain in 1532 but not published in its entirety until the 1850s. Antonello
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Contents; Translator's Preface; Part 1. From Columbus to Verrazzano; I. Introduction; II. Christopher Columbus; III. Doctor Alvarez Chanca; IV. Nicolò Scillacio; V. Michele da Cuneo; VI. Amerigo Vespucci; VII. The Pseudo-Vespucci; VIII. Peter Martyr; IX. Martín Fernández de Enciso's ""Suma de Geographía""; X. Hernán Cortés; XI. Antonio Pigafetta; XII. Giovanni da Verrazzano; XIII. The Spanish Government and the Geographical Knowledge of the Indies; Interlude; Part 2. Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo; XIV. Life and Literary Reputation; XV. Oviedo and Italy; XVI. The Claribalte
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XVII. Historical Criteria and Geographical SettingXVIII. View of the Historical and Natural World; XIX. Relics of Medievalism and Dawn of a New Society; XX. The Quinquagenas; XXI. Oviedo's Art and Humor; Appendix; Bibiliography; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780822973812
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780822935162
Additional Edition:
Print version Nature in the New World : From Christopher Columbus to Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo
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English
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