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OverviewJohn White's watercolours of the flora, fauna and North Carolina Algonquians he encountered on the expedition sent by Walter Raleigh in 1585 are some of the greatest treasures of the British Museum; engraved by Theodor de Bry in 1590 to illustrate Thomas Harriot's A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia , they informed and shaped Europe's view of America and its people for the next two centuries. This volume publishes a very successful interdisciplinary conference held in connection with the exhibition centred on John White, 'A New World: England's first view of America', with speakers from Europe, the USA and Britain, all of them experts in their fields. The varied and wide-ranging papers provided contextual and detailed information not covered in the exhibition catalogue and provide us with new ways of seeing and understanding both the European and Native American perspectives. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kim SloanPublisher: British Museum Press Imprint: British Museum Press Volume: 172 Dimensions: Width: 21.00cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 29.70cm Weight: 0.567kg ISBN: 9780861591725ISBN 10: 0861591720 Pages: 150 Publication Date: 15 April 2009 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsKim Sloan is to be commended for presenting us with this myriad of perspectives, and the British Museum Press deserves credit for including many high-quality illustrations. ...this volume will provide a new platform for the study of European representations of North America.' -- Michiel van Groesen Renaissance Quarterly 63.1, 2010 Kim Sloan is to be commended for presenting us with this myriad of perspectives, and the British Museum Press deserves credit for including many high-quality illustrations. ...this volume will provide a new platform for the study of European representations of North America.'--Michiel van Groesen Renaissance Quarterly (01/01/0001) Author InformationKim Sloan is the Francis Finlay Curator of the Enlightenment Gallery and Curator of British Drawings and Watercolours before 1880 at the British Museum. She curated the exhibition 'A New World: England's first view of America' at the British Museum in 2007. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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