New Worlds, Ancient Texts

The Power of Tradition and the Shock of Discovery
Revised Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-674-61876-3
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 203 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 640 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Grafton, Anthony

Weitere Mitwirkende

Shelford, April

Siraisi, Nancy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte: Expeditionen & Entdeckungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Shelford, April
April Shelford is a graduate student in history at Princeton University.

Grafton, Anthony
Anthony Grafton is the author of <i>The Footnote</i>, <i>Defenders of the Text</i>, <i>Forgers and Critics</i>, and <i>Inky Fingers</i>, among other books. The Henry Putnam University Professor of History and the Humanities at Princeton University, he writes regularly for the <i>New York Review of Books</i>.

Siraisi, Nancy
Nancy Siraisi is Distinguished Professor of History at Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.