Abulafia, David. The discovery of mankind : Atlantic encounters in the age of Columbus

Folger bibliographic ID: 216607
Folger call number: E101 .A28 2008
Folger holdings ID: 244059

General notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-366) and index

Contents

pt. 1. Mental horizons : the peoples, islands and shores of the imagination. Finding people from other worlds -- Wild men and wanderers -- Images of Asia -- pt. 2. Eastern horizons : the peoples, islands and shores of the eastern Atlantic. Innocence and wildness in the Canary Islands, 1341-1400 -- The Canary Islanders, 1341-1496 -- Rights of dominion, 1341-1496 -- Quarrelsome conquerors, 1402-44 -- Gold and slaves, 1444-96 -- pt. 3. Western horizons : the peoples, islands and shores of the western Atlantic. From the Old Canaries to the New Canaries, 1492 -- Taínos and Caribs -- Turtles, shamans and snorting tubes -- Cuba = Cipangu = Japan, 1492 -- La Navidad, 1492-3 -- First news of the New World, 1493 -- Into the Caribbean, 1493-4 -- Misrule in Hispaniola, 1494-6 -- The project unravels, 1497-8 -- Columbus eclipsed, 1498-1506 -- pt. 4. Southern horizons : the peoples and shores of Atlantic South America. Vespucci's tabloid journalism, 1497-1504 -- The land of the Holy Cross, 1500 -- The realm of King Arosca, 1505 -- A compulsory voluntary 'requirement', 1511-20 -- The Renaissance discovery of man

Extended title: The discovery of mankind : Atlantic encounters in the age of Columbus / David Abulafia

America Canary Islands Caribbean Area Latin America Explorers First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners Indigenous peoples Public opinion Acculturation Culture conflict

author: Abulafia, David