Автор: Metcalf Alida C. Название: Mapping an Atlantic World, Circa 1500 ISBN: 1421438526 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781421438528 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 9405.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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How did intricately detailed sixteenth-century maps reveal the start of the Atlantic World?
Beginning around 1500, in the decades following Columbus's voyages, the Atlantic Ocean moved from the periphery to the center on European world maps. This brief but highly significant moment in early modern European history marks not only a paradigm shift in how the world was mapped but also the opening of what historians call the Atlantic World. But how did sixteenth-century chartmakers and mapmakers begin to conceptualize--and present to the public--an interconnected Atlantic World that was open and navigable, in comparison to the mysterious ocean that had blocked off the Western hemisphere before Columbus's exploration?
In Mapping an Atlantic World, circa 1500, Alida C. Metcalf argues that the earliest surviving maps from this era, which depict trade, colonization, evangelism, and the movement of peoples, reveal powerful and persuasive arguments about the possibility of an interconnected Atlantic World. Blending scholarship from two fields, historical cartography and Atlantic history, Metcalf explains why Renaissance cosmographers first incorporated sailing charts into their maps and began to reject classical models for mapping the world. Combined with the new placement of the Atlantic, the visual imagery on Atlantic maps--which featured decorative compass roses, animals, landscapes, and native peoples--communicated the accessibility of distant places with valuable commodities. Even though individual maps became outdated quickly, Metcalf reveals, new mapmakers copied their imagery, which then repeated on map after map. Individual maps might fall out of date, be lost, discarded, or forgotten, but their geographic and visual design promoted a new way of seeing the world, with an interconnected Atlantic World at its center.
Describing the negotiation that took place between a small cadre of explorers and a wider class of cartographers, chartmakers, cosmographers, and artists, Metcalf shows how exploration informed mapmaking and vice versa. Recognizing early modern cartographers as significant agents in the intellectual history of the Atlantic, Mapping an Atlantic World, circa 1500 includes around 50 beautiful and illuminating historical maps.
Автор: Metcalf, Alida C. Название: Go-betweens and the colonization of brazil ISBN: 0292712766 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780292712768 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 4975.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Doña Marina (La Malinche) ...Pocahontas ...Sacagawea—their names live on in historical memory because these women bridged the indigenous American and European worlds, opening the way for the cultural encounters, collisions, and fusions that shaped the social and even physical landscape of the modern Americas. But these famous individuals were only a few of the many thousands of people who, intentionally or otherwise, served as "go-betweens" as Europeans explored and colonized the New World.
In this innovative history, Alida Metcalf thoroughly investigates the many roles played by go-betweens in the colonization of sixteenth-century Brazil. She finds that many individuals created physical links among Europe, Africa, and Brazil—explorers, traders, settlers, and slaves circulated goods, plants, animals, and diseases. Intercultural liaisons produced mixed-race children. At the cultural level, Jesuit priests and African slaves infused native Brazilian traditions with their own religious practices, while translators became influential go-betweens, negotiating the terms of trade, interaction, and exchange. Most powerful of all, as Metcalf shows, were those go-betweens who interpreted or represented new lands and peoples through writings, maps, religion, and the oral tradition. Metcalf's convincing demonstration that colonization is always mediated by third parties has relevance far beyond the Brazilian case, even as it opens a revealing new window on the first century of Brazilian history.
Автор: Malkus Alida Название: Exploring Sky and Sea: Auguste and Jacques Piccard ISBN: 1258166623 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781258166625 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 5141.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Alida Fehily, Fehily Alida Название: The Law of Reflection ISBN: 0994523904 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780994523907 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2683.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Your life can be a reflection of your fondest dreams. That's the Law of Reflection. You create everything that is then reflected back to you, and it becomes real in your life. Since you are the creator, the very architect of your reality, why not take charge right now and start designing and building exactly the kind of life you have always wanted? The life of your dreams is just a few pages away as this book describes in simple detail how to attain your "truth." Written in the matter-of-fact style of a "How to..." guide, The Law of Reflection is an easy to read handbook, with simple-to-follow instructions on how to wade through the unnecessary worry of your life to reach clarity and comfort. You will learn how to use gratitude, love and acceptance to transform your life into the one of your dreams. Experience: Find your truth Be the boss of yourself Live the life of your dreams Resolve guilt, shame and fear Experience gratitude Live life in abundance Enjoy more love What you will encounter in this book is a combination of ancient wisdom, practical advice and some mystical spirituality balanced with a dollop of grounded science. "Miracles happen when you commit to action"
