Written in an engaging and accessible style, this book brings to light the dynamic world of the German Renaissance, in which humanists, cartographers, reformers, politicians, botanists, and merchants appropriated the Portuguese and Spanish expeditions to the East and West Indies for their own purposes and, in so doing, reshaped their world.
Studies in Early Modern German History
Written in an engaging and accessible style, this book brings to light the dynamic world of the German Renaissance, in which humanists, cartographers, reformers, politicians, botanists, and merchants appropriated the Portuguese and Spanish expeditions to the East and West Indies for their own purposes and, in so doing, reshaped their world.
Studies in Early Modern German History
The German Discovery of the World: Renaissance Encounters with the Strange and Marvelous
320The German Discovery of the World: Renaissance Encounters with the Strange and Marvelous
320Paperback(New Edition)
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780813927343 |
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Publisher: | University of Virginia Press |
Publication date: | 06/18/2009 |
Series: | Studies in Early Modern German History |
Edition description: | New Edition |
Pages: | 320 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.25(d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |