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David Abulafia The Discovery of Mankind (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Discovery of MankindCondition: NewEAN: 9780300158212ISBN: 9780300158212Publisher: Yale University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 09/15/2009Item Height: 227mmItem Length: 144mmItem Weight: 635gAuthor: David AbulafiaLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: Atlantic Encounters in the Age of ColumbusISBN-10: 0300158211Description: A new and fascinating perspective on the earliest phases of European exploration across the Atlantic Ocean The first landings in the Atlantic World generated striking and terrifying impressions of unknown peoples who were entirely foreign to anything in European explorers’ experience. From the first recorded encounters with the native inhabitants of the Canary Islands in 1341 to Columbus's explorations in 1492 and Cabral's discovery of Brazil in 1500, western Europeans struggled to make sense of the existence of the peoples they met. Were they Adam's children, of a common lineage with the peoples of the Old World, or were they a separate creation, the monstrous races of medieval legend? Should they govern themselves? Did they have the right to be free? Did they know God? Could they know God?Emphasizing contact between peoples rather than the discovery of lands, and using archaeological findings as well as eyewitness accounts, David Abulafia explores the social lives of the New World inhabitants, the motivations and tensions of the first transactions with Europeans, and the swift transmutation of wonder to vicious exploitation. Lucid, readable, and scrupulously researched, this is a work of humane engagement with a period in which a tragically violent standard was set for European conquest across the world.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: HistoryTopic: Science Nature & MathRelease Year: 2009 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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Book Title: The Discovery of Mankind

Title: The Discovery of Mankind

EAN: 9780300158212

ISBN: 9780300158212

Release Date: 09/15/2009

Release Year: 2009

Subtitle: Atlantic Encounters in the Age of Columbus

ISBN-10: 0300158211

Country/Region of Manufacture: US

Genre: History

Topic: Science Nature & Math

Number of Pages: 408 Pages

Publication Name: Discovery of Mankind : Atlantic Encounters in the Age of Columbus

Language: English

Publisher: Yale University Press

Subject: Sociology / General, Europe / Spain & Portugal, Adventurers & Explorers, Indigenous Studies, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, World, Europe / General, Expeditions & Discoveries

Item Height: 1 in

Publication Year: 2009

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 22.4 Oz

Subject Area: Travel, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History

Author: David Abulafia

Item Length: 9.1 in

Item Width: 7.4 in

Format: Trade Paperback

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