Nature and Culture in the Early Modern Atlantic.

Nature and Culture in the Early Modern Atlantic reveals how Europeans and Native Americans devised ways to understand the environment. Drawing on paintings, oral history, early printed books, and other cultural artifacts, Peter C. Mancall argues that human understanding of nature played a central ro...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mancall, Peter C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017.
Series:Early Modern Americas Ser.
Subjects:
1500-1599
Nature and civilization > Atlantic Ocean Region > History > 16th century.
Philosophy of nature > Europe > History > 16th century.
Philosophy of nature > North America > History > 16th century.
Indian philosophy > North America.
Nature et civilisation > Atlantique, Région de l' > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Philosophie de la nature > Europe > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Philosophie de la nature > Amérique du Nord > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Discoveries in geography
Indian philosophy
Nature and civilization
Philosophy of nature
Atlantic Ocean Region > History > 16th century.
America > Discovery and exploration.
Atlantique, Région de l' > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Amérique > Découverte et exploration.
America
Atlantic Ocean Region
Europe
North America
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Chapter One The Boundaries of Nature; Chapter Two A New Ecology; Chapter Three The Landscape of History; Postscript The Theater of Insects; Note on Sources; Notes; Index; Acknowledgments.

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