LEADER 02904cam a2200445 i 4500001 9997036373506421 005 20240509072429.0 008 160223s2016 enk b 001 0 eng^^ 010 2016000905 020 9781107036673 |qhardback 020 1107036674 |qhardback 035 (NjP)9703637-princetondb 035 |z(NjP)Voyager9703637 035 (OCoLC)ocn922913145 040 DLC |erda |beng |cDLC |dYDX |dBTCTA |dYDXCP |dYAM |dOCLCO 042 pcc 043 e------xd----- 050 00 GA781 |b.D38 2016 082 00 912.09 |223 100 1 Davies, Surekha, |d1974- |eauthor. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2016009505 245 10 Renaissance ethnography and the invention of the human : |bnew worlds, maps and monsters / |cSurekha Davies (Western Connecticut State University). 264 1 Cambridge ;New York : |bCambridge University Press, |c2016. 300 xxiii, 355 pages ; |c26 cm. 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 490 1 Cambridge social and cultural histories 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 1 "Giants, cannibals and other monsters were a regular feature of Renaissance illustrated maps, inhabiting the Americas alongside other indigenous peoples. In a new approach to views of distant peoples, Surekha Davies analyzes this archive alongside prints, costume books and geographical writing. Using sources from Iberia, France, the German lands, the Low Countries, Italy and England, Davies argues that mapmakers and viewers saw these maps as careful syntheses that enabled viewers to compare different peoples. In an age when scholars, missionaries, native peoples and colonial officials debated whether New World inhabitants could - or should - be converted or enslaved, maps were uniquely suited for assessing the impact of environment on bodies and temperaments. Through innovative interdisciplinary methods connecting the European Renaissance to the Atlantic world, Davies uses new sources and questions to explore science as a visual pursuit, revealing how debates about the relationship between humans and monstrous peoples challenged colonial expansion"-- |cProvided by publisher. 650 0 Cartography |zEurope |xHistory |y16th century. 650 0 Cartography |zEurope |xHistory |y17th century. 650 0 Geography |xSociological aspects. 651 0 Western Hemisphere |vMaps. 655 7 Maps. |2lcgft |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2011026387 830 0 Cambridge social and cultural histories 852 0 |bf |hGA781 |i.D38 2016 902 kl |bs |6a |7m |dv |f1 |e20160802 904 kl |ba |hm |cb |e20160802 914 (OCoLC)ocn922913145 |bOCoLC |cmatch |d20240508 |eprocessed |f922913145 956 42 |3Cover image |uhttp://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/36673/cover/9781107036673.jpg