Nature in the New World

From Christopher Columbus to Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-8229-6080-5
Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press

Buch, Englisch, 480 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 666 g

In ""Nature in the New World"", Antonello Gerbi examines the fascinating reports of the first Europeans to see the Americas. These accounts provided the basis for the images of strange and new flora, fauna, and human creatures that filled European imaginations. Initial chapters are devoted to the writings of Columbus, Vespucci, Cortes, Verrazzano, and others. The second portion of the book concerns the ""Historia general y natural de las Indias"" of Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo, a work commissioned by Charles V of Spain in 1532 but not published in its entirety until the 1850s. Gerbi contends that Oviedo, a Spanish administrator who lived in Santo Domingo, has been unjustly neglected as a historian. In this book, Gerbi shows Oviedo to be a major authority on the culture, history, and conquest of the New World.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gerbi, Antonello

Über Autor(innen)

Antonello Gerbi (1904-1976) was a specialist on the history of political ideology and the author of several books, including The Dispute of the New World: The History of a Polemic, 1750-1900.