The Natural and Moral History of the Indies 2 Volume Paperback Set

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-1-108-01153-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Medienkombination, Englisch, 650 Seiten, Format (B × H): 250 mm x 325 mm, Gewicht: 1150 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Hakluyt First Series

The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. This volume, first published in 1880, translates the first detailed description of the geography and indigenous culture of South America, written by Joseph de Acosta (1540–1600) and published in Spanish in 1590. Acosta was one of the first explorers to record and analyse the geophysical phenomena of the 'New World' and attempt to explain them scientifically.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Acosta, Joseph de

Markham, Clements R.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Grimston, Edward

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographische Entdeckungen und Erkundung
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historische Geographie, Landkarten & Atlanten
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie Historische Geographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Volume 1: Introduction; Dedication to the Infanta Isabella; Translator's dedication to Sir Robert Cecil; Address to the reader; Analytical table of contents; The Natural History Books I-IV. Volume 2: Analytical table of contents; The Moral History Books V-VII; Index.