Renaissance ethnography and the invention of the human : new worlds, maps and monsters /

"Giants, cannibals and other monsters were a regular feature of Renaissance illustrated maps, inhabiting the Americas alongside other indigenous peoples. In a new approach to views of distant peoples, Surekha Davies analyzes this archive alongside prints, costume books and geographical writing....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davies, Surekha, 1974- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambrdige ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Colección:Cambridge social and cultural histories.
Temas:
1500-1699
Cartography > Europe > History > 16th century.
Cartography > Europe > History > 17th century.
Geography > Sociological aspects.
Cartographie > Europe > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Cartographie > Europe > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Géographie > Aspect sociologique.
REFERENCE > Atlases & Gazetteers.
TRAVEL > Maps & Road Atlases.
Cartography
Kartografi.
Western Hemisphere > Maps.
Europe
Western Hemisphere
History
Maps
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Renaissance maps and the concept of the human
  • Climate, culture or kinship? Explaining human diversity c.1500
  • Atlantic empires, map workshops and Renaissance geographical culture
  • Spit-roasts, barbecues and the invention of the Brazilian cannibal
  • Trade, empires and propaganda: Brazilians on French maps in the age of Francois I and Henri II
  • Monstrous ontology and environmental thinking: Patagonia's giants
  • The epistemology of wonder: Amazons, headless men and mapping Guiana
  • Civility, idolatry and cities in Mexico and Peru
  • New sources, new genres and America's place in the world, 1590-1645
  • Epilogue.

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