New Worlds, Ancient Texts

New Worlds, Ancient Texts

EnglishEbook
Grafton, Anthony
Harvard University Press
EAN: 9780674254121
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Describing an era of exploration during the Renaissance that went far beyond geographic bounds, this book shows how the evidence of the New World shook the foundations of the old, upsetting the authority of the ancient texts that had guided Europeans so far afield. What Anthony Grafton recounts is a war of ideas fought by mariners, scientists, publishers, and rulers over a period of 150 years. In colorful vignettes, published debates, and copious illustrations, we see these men and their contemporaries trying to make sense of their discoveries as they sometimes confirm, sometimes contest, and finally displace traditional notions of the world beyond Europe.
EAN 9780674254121
ISBN 0674254120
Binding Ebook
Publisher Harvard University Press
Publication date March 15, 1995
Language English
Country Uruguay
Authors Grafton, Anthony
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