Columbus and the ends of the earth : Europe's prophetic rhetoric as conquering ideology /

Columbus is the first blazing star in a constellation of explorers whose right to claim and conquer each new land mass they encountered was absolutely unquestioned by their countrymen. Columbus and the Ends of the Earth brings to life the system of religious beliefs that made the imperial taking of...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kadir, Djelal
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1992.
Subjects:
Columbus, Christopher.
Prophecy > Christianity.
Prophétie > Christianisme.
HISTORY > Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
HISTORY.
Discoveries in geography.
Territorial expansion.
Ontdekkingsreizen.
Kolonialisme.
Ideeëngeschiedenis.
Legitimiteit.
America > Discovery and exploration.
Europe > Territorial expansion.
Amérique > Découverte et exploration.
Europe > Expansion territoriale.
America.
Europe.
Europa (geografie)
Amerika.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Emergent occasions: of prophecy and history
  • Anxious foundations
  • New worlds: renovations, restorations, transmigrations
  • Charting the conquest
  • Conquering charts
  • Patent conquests
  • Salvaging the salvages
  • Divine primitives
  • Primitive divines
  • Primitives divined
  • Making ends meet: the dire unction of prophecy.

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