The discovery of mankind : Atlantic encounters in the age of Columbus. David Abulafia

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Title:
The discovery of mankind : Atlantic encounters in the age of Columbus. David Abulafia
Author: Abulafia, David [1943-...]
Subjects: Explorateurs européens -- À l'étranger -- Jusqu'à 1500;
Explorateurs européens -- À l'étranger -- 16e siècle;
Découvertes géographiques européennes -- Aspect social;
Autochtones -- Premiers contacts avec les Occidentaux;
Acculturation;
Explorers -- History -- Europe;
First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners;
Indigenous peoples -- Public opinion -- History;
Public opinion -- History -- Europe;
Acculturation -- History;
Culture conflict -- History;
America -- Discovery and exploration -- European;
Canary Islands -- Discovery and exploration -- European;
Caribbean Area -- Discovery and exploration -- European;
Latin America -- Discovery and exploration -- European;
Région caraïbe -- Découverte et exploration;
Amérique -- Découverte et exploration;
Canaries -- Découverte et exploration
Description: Notes et bibliogr. p. 316-366. Index
pt. 1. Mental horizons : the peoples, islands and shores of the imagination. Finding people from other worlds Wild men and wanderers Images of Asia pt. 2. Eastern horizons : the peoples, islands and shores of the eastern Atlantic. Innocence and wildness in the Canary Islands, 1341-1400 The Canary Islanders, 1341-1496 Rights of dominion, 1341-1496 Quarrelsome conquerors, 1402-44 Gold and slaves, 1444-96 pt. 3. Western horizons : the peoples, islands and shores of the western Atlantic. From the Old Canaries to the New Canaries, 1492 Taínos and Caribs Turtles, shamans and snorting tubes Cuba = Cipangu = Japan, 1492 La Navidad, 1492-3 First news of the New World, 1493 Into the Caribbean, 1493-4 Misrule in Hispaniola, 1494-6 The project unravels, 1497-8 Columbus eclipsed, 1498-1506 pt. 4. Southern horizons : the peoples and shores of Atlantic South America. Vespucci's tabloid journalism, 1497-1504 The land of the Holy Cross, 1500 The realm of King Arosca, 1505 A compulsory voluntary 'requirement', 1511-20 The Renaissance discovery of man
Publisher: New Haven Conn. London : Yale University Press, cop. 2008
Creation Date: cop. 2008
Format: 1 vol. (xxvi-379 p.-[16] p. de pl.) : ill., cartes, couv. ou jaquette ill. en coul. ; 24 cm
Language: English

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