European Encounters with the New World (Paper): From Renaissance to Romanticism

Pagden, Anthony

ISBN 10: 0300059507 / ISBN 13: 9780300059502

Published by Yale University Press, 1994

About this Item

After Columbus discovered America Europeans wondered how the discovery of the New World would affect them. In this book the author examines some of the varied ways in which Europeans interpreted their encounters with America. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1K; HBAH; HBJD; HBJK; HBLH; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366. . 1994. Revised ed. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: European Encounters with the New World (Paper): From Renaissance to Romanticism
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300059507
• ISBN 13: 9780300059502
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

For more than three centuries after Columbus' 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.

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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.