The discovery of mankind : Atlantic encounters in the age of Columbus / David Abulafia.
The discovery of mankind : Atlantic encounters in the age of Columbus / David Abulafia.
The discovery of mankind : Atlantic encounters in the age of Columbus / David Abulafia.
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New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2008.
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N970.01/21
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English
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Physical content
xxvi, 379 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. Mental Horizons: The Peoples, Islands and Shores of the Imagination -- Ch. 1. Finding People From Other Worlds -- Ch. 2. Wild Men and Wanderers -- Ch. 3. Images of Asia -- Pt. II. Eastern Horizons: The Peoples, Islands and Shores of the Eastern Atlantic -- Ch. 4. Innocence and Wildness in the...
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New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2008.
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Connecticut
Date Published
c2008.
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"Emphasizing contact between peoples rather than the discovery of lands, and using archaeological findings as well as eye-witness accounts, David Abulafia explores the social lives of the inhabitants of the Atlantic World, the motivations and tensions of the first transactions and the swift transmutation of wonder to vicious exploitation. Lucid, re...
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The discovery of mankind : Atlantic encounters in the age of Columbus / David Abulafia.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-366) and index.
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c2008.
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N970.01/21
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74VMQeRD00NZ
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ISBN
0300125828 (alk. paper)
9780300125825 (alk. paper)
DDC
970.01
MMS ID
991000627299702626
