The alchemy of conquest : science, religion, and the secrets of the New World /

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"This book explores the role that the verbal, conceptual, and visual language of alchemy played in the literature of the conquest of America and in the rise of an early modern paradigm of discovery in both science and international law. While the roots of the modern 'conquistadorial'...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bauer, Ralph, 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2019.
Series:Writing the early Americas.
Subjects:
Alchemy > Early works to 1800 > History and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Alchemy.
Discoveries in geography.
America > Early accounts to 1600 > History and criticism.
America > Discovery and exploration.
Amérique > Découverte et exploration.
Amérique > Récits avant 1600 > Histoire et critique.
America.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Early works.
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