Davies, Surekha, 1974- author.
Renaissance ethnography and the invention of the human : new worlds, maps and monsters / Surekha Davies, Western Connecticut State University.
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
xxiii, 353 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Cambridge social and cultural histories ; 24
"Giants, cannibals and other monsters were a regular feature of Renaissance illustrated maps, inhabiting the Americas alongside other indigenous peoples. In a new approach to views of distant peoples, Surekha Davies analyzes this archive alongside prints, costume books and geographical writing. Using sources from Iberia, France, the German lands, the Low Countries, Italy and England, Davies argues that mapmakers and viewers saw these maps as careful syntheses that enabled viewers to compare different peoples. In an age when scholars, missionaries, native peoples and colonial officials debated whether New World inhabitants could - or should - be converted or enslaved, maps were uniquely suited for assessing the impact of environment on bodies and temperaments. Through innovative interdisciplinary methods connecting the European Renaissance to the Atlantic world, Davies uses new sources and questions to explore science as a visual pursuit, revealing how debates about the relationship between humans and monstrous peoples challenged colonial expansion"-- Provided by publisher.
9781107036673 (hardback)
1107036674 (hardback)
9781316547113
Cartography Europe History 16th century.
Cartography Europe History 17th century.
Geography Sociological aspects.
Monsters Symbolic aspects.
Cartographie Europe Histoire 16e siècle.
Cartographie Europe Histoire 17e siècle.
Géographie Aspect sociologique.
Monstres Aspect symbolique.
Cartography.
Karte
Illustration
Indigenes Volk
Renaissance
Western Hemisphere Maps.
Europe.
Western Hemisphere.
1450-1650
History.
Maps.
Cartes géographiques.
Cambridge University Press, publisher.
Cambridge University Press publisher.
Cambridge social and cultural histories ; 24.
Location: Library main 298802
Call No.: BIB 244936
Status: Available
Sign up to get news from us
Thank you for signing up. You'll begin to receive emails from us shortly.
We’re not able to update your preferences at the moment. Please try again later.
You’ve already subscribed with this email address. If you’d like to subscribe with another, please try again.
This email was permanently deleted from our database. If you’d like to resubscribe with this email, please contact us
Please complete the form below to buy:
[Title of the book, authors]
ISBN: [ISBN of the book]
Price [Price of book]
Thank you for placing an order. We will contact you shortly.
We’re not able to process your request at the moment. Please try again later.