Renaissance ethnography and the invention of the human : new worlds, maps and 
monsters

Davies, Surekha

doi:10.1017/CBO9781139568128

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Renaissance ethnography and the invention of the human : new worlds, maps and monsters

Davies, S. (2016). Renaissance ethnography and the invention of the human: new worlds, maps and monsters. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9781139568128.

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Davies, Surekha¹, Autor

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1Department Artifacts, Action, Knowledge, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Max Planck Society, ou_2266697

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Sprache(n): eng - English

Datum: Online veröffentlicht: 2016Erschienen: 2016

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Ort, Verlag, Ausgabe: Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press

Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction: Renaissance maps and the concept of the human
1. Climate, culture or kinship? Explaining human diversity c.1500
2. Atlantic empires, map workshops and Renaissance geographical culture
3. Spit-roasts, barbecues and the invention of the Brazilian cannibal
4. Trade, empires and propaganda: Brazilians on French maps in the age of François I and Henri II
5. Monstrous ontology and environmental thinking: Patagonia's giants
6. The epistemology of wonder: Amazons, headless men and mapping Guiana
7. Civility, idolatry and cities in Mexico and Peru
8. New sources, new genres and America's place in the world, 1590–1645
Epilogue
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Identifikatoren: ISBN: 978-1-107-03667-3
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139568128

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