Mythology and diplomacy in the Age of Exploration /

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This book examines the relationship between medieval European mythologies of the non-Western world and the initial Portuguese and Spanish voyages of expansion and exploration to Africa, Asia and the Americas. From encounters with the Mongols and successor states, to the European contacts with Ethiop...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Knobler, Adam (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
Colección:European expansion and indigenous response ; v. 23.
Temas:
Discoveries in geography > Social aspects.
Discoveries in geography > Portuguese.
Discoveries in geography > Spanish.
Découvertes géographiques > Aspect social.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
TRAVEL > Budget.
TRAVEL > Hikes & Walks.
TRAVEL > Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
TRAVEL > Parks & Campgrounds.
Diplomatic relations
Discoveries in geography > Portuguese
Discoveries in geography > Social aspects
Discoveries in geography > Spanish
Portugal > Foreign relations.
Spain > Foreign relations.
Portugal > Relations extérieures.
Espagne > Relations extérieures.
Portugal
Spain
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prester John (1122-1222)
  • Allies and mythologies in central Asia (1240-1405)
  • Contacts with Ethiopia: Prester John Found (to 1559)
  • Saint Thomas in India and the Americas (to c.1600)
  • Columbus' plans for the new world and the Spanish conversion of the Americas (1492-c.1560)
  • "Christianized" Muslims in the Middle East (1400-1635)
  • Jews and the search for the ten lost tribes
  • Conclusions.

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