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The discovery of the Indies, wrote Francisco López de Gómara in 1552, was ""the greatest event since the creation of the world, excepting the Incarnation and Death of Him who created it."" Five centuries have not diminished either the overwhelming importance or the strangeness...

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Weitere Verfasser: Greenblatt, Stephen, 1943-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1993.
Schriftenreihe:Representations books ; 6.
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Zusammenfassung:The discovery of the Indies, wrote Francisco López de Gómara in 1552, was ""the greatest event since the creation of the world, excepting the Incarnation and Death of Him who created it."" Five centuries have not diminished either the overwhelming importance or the strangeness of the early encounter between Europeans and American peoples. This collection of essays, encompassing history, literary criticism, art history, and anthropology, offers a fresh and inno.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xviii, 344 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520913103
0520913108
0585081557
9780585081557

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