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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Elizabeth Horodowich (New Mexico State University)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 18.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 26.00cm Weight: 0.880kg ISBN: 9781107150874ISBN 10: 1107150876 Pages: 338 Publication Date: 06 September 2018 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of Contents1. Introduction: printing the new world in early modern Venice; 2. Compiled geographies: the Venetian travelogue and the Americas; 3. Giovanni Battista Ramusio's Venetian new world; 4. The Venetian mapping of the Americas; 5. Venetians in America: Nicolo Zen and the virtual exploration of the New World; 6. Venice as Tenochtitlan: the correspondence of the old world and the new; Conclusion.Reviews'... engage[s] with scholarship on Mediterranean and world history, contributing to the growing field of a Global Renaissance. Much of this scholarship makes tight connections between the political and trade relationships and the cultural results ... The importance of [this volume's] contribution to Global Renaissance scholarship lies in the identification of the New World as a field of engagement and cultural reference point.' Monique O'Connell, European History Quarterly '... engage[s] with scholarship on Mediterranean and world history, contributing to the growing field of a Global Renaissance. Much of this scholarship makes tight connections between the political and trade relationships and the cultural results ... The importance of [this volume's] contribution to Global Renaissance scholarship lies in the identification of the New World as a field of engagement and cultural reference point.' Monique O'Connell, European History Quarterly Author InformationElizabeth Horodowich is Professor of History at New Mexico State University. She is the author of Language and Statecraft in Early Modern Venice (Cambridge, 2008), and A Brief History of Venice (2009), and is the recipient of awards and fellowships from a variety of institutions, including Harvard University's Villa I Tatti, the American Historical Association, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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