Mapping ethnography in early modern Germany : new worlds in print culture

As the first book-length examination of the role of German print culture in mediating Europe's knowledge of the newly discovered people of Africa, South Asia, and the Americas, this work highlights a unique and early incident of visual accuracy and an unprecedented investment in the practice of...

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Auteur principal: Leitch, Stephanie (Auteur)
Format: Ebook
Langue:English
Publié: Basingstoke New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
Édition:Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition
Titres liés à la collection:History of text technologies
Sujets:Ethnology in art Prints Cartography Deutschland Frühdruck Illustration Amerika Asien Ethnologie Reiseliteratur
Description matérielle:1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 267 Seiten, 8 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln)