Nature in the New World: From Christopher Columbus to Gonzalo Fern疣dez de Oviedo (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780822960805)

In Nature in the New World (translated 1985), Antonello Gerbiexamines the fascinating reports of the first Europeans to see the Americas. These accounts provided the basis for the images of strange and new flora, fauna, and human creatures that filled European imaginations.

Initial chapters are devoted to the writings of Columbus, Vespucci, Cort駸, Verrazzano, and others. The second portion of the book concerns the Historia general y natural de las Indias of Gonzalo Fern疣dez de Oviedo, a work commissioned by Charles V of Spain in 1532 but not published in its entirety until the 1850s. Antonello Gerbi contends that Oviedo, a Spanish administrator who lived in Santo Domingo, has been unjustly neglected as a historian. Gerbi shows that Oviedo was a major authority on the culture, history, and conquest of the New World.

Author: Antonello Gerbi
ISBN-10: 082296080X
ISBN-13: 9780822960805
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Language: English
Published: 06/28/2010
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.20d