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Author:

Abulafia, David.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xxvi, 379 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

America--European.--European.
Canary Islands--European.--European.
Caribbean Area--European.--European.
Latin America--European.--European.
Explorers--Europe--History.
First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners.
Indigenous peoples--History.--History.
Public opinion--Europe--History.
Acculturation--History.
Culture conflict--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-366) and index.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

0300125828 (alk. paper)
9780300125825 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2007024246

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)