European Encounters with the New World: From Renaissance to Romanticism

by Anthony Pagden

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For more than three centuries after Columbus's voyages to America, Europeans pondered how the Old World's encounters with the New World affected European sensibilities and intellectual horizons. In this book Anthony Pagden examines some of the varied ways in which Europeans interpreted these encounters with America.

Pagden explores the strategies used by Columbus and the early chroniclers of America to describe a continent and its inhabitants...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0300059507

ISBN13:9780300059502

Release Date:March 1994

Publisher:Yale University Press

Length:216 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

Americas Europe History Humanities International Relations Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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