Islands of the mind : how the human imagination created the Atlantic world / John Gillis.
Islands of the mind : how the human imagination created the Atlantic world / John Gillis.
Islands of the mind : how the human imagination created the Atlantic world / John Gillis.
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New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
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2004.
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N910.9142/1
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English
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xiii, 217 p. ; ill.
Contents
Introduction : islomania -- Ch. 1. Ancient mariners of the mind -- Ch. 2. Medieval islomania -- Ch. 3. Islands as mental stepping-stones in the Age of Discovery -- Ch. 4. Searching the seas for island edens and utopias -- Ch. 5. Islands in the making of Atlantic civilization -- Ch. 6. Science discov...
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New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
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New York (State)
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2004.
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"In Islands of the Mind, historian John R. Gillis explores the fascination with islands throughout history, looking at everything from ancient Greek epics, religious symbolism of early Christians, Atlantis and other myths, to the modern tourism industry. Islands fired the imaginations of explorers as they voyaged into the unknown in search of utopi...
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Islands of the mind : how the human imagination created the Atlantic world / John Gillis.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N910.9142/1
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74VKqM2GxG7A
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1403965064
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910.9142
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991020195029702626
