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Subject(s)

• Names, Geographical—Caribbean Area [Browse]
• Names, Geographical—South America [Browse]
• Caribbean Area—Discovery and exploration—Spanish [Browse]
• South America—Discovery and exploration—Spanish [Browse]
• Columbus, Christopher—Diaries [Browse]

Series

• Toronto Iberic ; 12. [More in this series]
• Toronto Iberic ; 12 [More in this series]

Summary note

In this fascinating book, Evelina Gužauskytė uses the names Columbus gave to places in the Caribbean Basin as a way to examine the complex encounter between Europeans and the native inhabitants.

Notes

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Language note

English

Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Illustrations
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• 1. "Named Incorrectly": The Geographic and Symbolic Functions of Columbian Place Names
• 2. Words and the World: The Known Corpus of Columbian Place Names
• 3. "Y saber dellos los secretos de la tierra": Taino Toponymy and Columbian Naming
• 5. Iguana and Christ
• 6. Infernal Imagery: Spirituality and Cosmology in the Final Two Voyages
• Conclusion
• Appendix: A Comprehensive List of Columbian Place Names
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index
• Backmatter.

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ISBN

• 1-4426-6825-3
• 1-4426-6824-5

OCLC

• 1024061778
• 979911418
• 879870045

Doi

• 10.3138/9781442668249

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