Nature in the New World: From Christopher Columbus to Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo - Brossura

Gerbi, Antonello

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ISBN 10: 082296080X ISBN 13: 9780822960805

Casa editrice: Univ of Pittsburgh Pr, 2010

Riassunto

In Nature in the New World (translated 1985),Antonello Gerbiexamines the fascinating reports of the first Europeans to see the Americas. These accounts provided the basis for the images of strange and new flora, fauna, and human creatures that filled European imaginations.

Initial chapters are devoted to the writings of Columbus, Vespucci, Cortés, Verrazzano, and others. The second portion of the book concerns the Historia general y natural de las Indias of Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo, a work commissioned by Charles V of Spain in 1532 but not published in its entirety until the 1850s. Antonello Gerbi contends that Oviedo, a Spanish administrator who lived in Santo Domingo, has been unjustly neglected as a historian. Gerbi shows that Oviedo was a major authority on the culture, history, and conquest of the New World.

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L'autore:

Antonello Gerbi (1904–1976) was a specialist on the history of political ideology and the author of several books, including The Dispute of the New World: The History of a Polemic, 1750–1900

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• Editore: Univ of Pittsburgh Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 082296080X
• ISBN 13: 9780822960805
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 462