European Images of the Americas and the Classical Tradition formatIsbn:Hardcover - 9783110115727 Abstract: Angesichts der Tatsache

Abstract: Angesichts der Tatsache

DE DECEM DUBITATIONIBUS CIRCA PROVIDENTIAM -- II

A Historical Reappraisal

communication science

Saul Friedländer

European Images of the Americas and the Classical Tradition formatIsbn:Hardcover - 9783110115727 Abstract: Angesichts der TatsacheI IV America and the Classical Tradition: Preface and Introduction Contents I. SCHOLARLY AND LITERARY IMAGES OF THE NEW WORLD FROM THE TIME OF COLUMBUS TO THE PRESENT 1. GENERAL SUBJECTS Classical Models of World Geography and Their Transformation Following the Discovery of America New World and "novos orbes": Seneca in the Renaissance Debate over Ancient Knowledge of the Americas The Adjustment of Ptolemaic Atlases to Feature the New World Classical