The spacious world: cartography, literature and empire in early modern Spain
Editorial THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
España peninsular
The Spacious Word explores the history of Iberian expansion into the Americas as seen through maps and cartographic literature and considers the relationship between early Spanish ideas of the world and the origins of European colonialism. Spanish ma...
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- ISBN13 9780226644332
- ISBN10 0226644332
- Tipo LIBRO
- Páginas 287
- Año de Edición 2004
- Idioma Inglés
- Encuadernación Tela
The spacious world: cartography, literature and empire in early modern Spain
Editorial THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
The Spacious Word explores the history of Iberian expansion into the Americas as seen through maps and cartographic literature and considers the relationship between early Spanish ideas of the world and the origins of European colonialism. Spanish ma...
España peninsular
Detalles del libro
The Spacious Word explores the history of Iberian expansion into the Americas as seen through maps and cartographic literature and considers the relationship between early Spanish ideas of the world and the origins of European colonialism. Spanish mapmakers and writers, as Padron shows, clung to a much older idea of space that was based on the itineraries or travel narratives and medieval navigational techniques.