The first landings in the Atlantic World heralded striking and terrifying impressions of peoples entirely isolated from the explorers' continents, customs and religions. From the first recorded encounters with the native inhabitants of the Canary Islands in 1341 to Columbus' explorations in 1492 and Cabral's discovery of Brazil in 1500, western Europeans struggled to make sense of the existence of the peoples they met. Were they Adam's children, of a common lineage with the peoples of the Old World, or were they a separate ...
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The first landings in the Atlantic World heralded striking and terrifying impressions of peoples entirely isolated from the explorers' continents, customs and religions. From the first recorded encounters with the native inhabitants of the Canary Islands in 1341 to Columbus' explorations in 1492 and Cabral's discovery of Brazil in 1500, western Europeans struggled to make sense of the existence of the peoples they met. Were they Adam's children, of a common lineage with the peoples of the Old World, or were they a separate creation, the monstrous races of medieval legend? Should they govern themselves? Did they have the right to be free?Emphasising contact between peoples rather than the discovery of lands, and using archaeological findings as well as eyewitness accounts, David Abulafia explores the social lives of the inhabitants, the motivations and tensions of the first transactions, and the swift transmutation of wonder to vicious exploitation. Lucid, readable and scrupulous, this is a work of humane engagement with a period in which tragically violent standards were set for European conquest across the world.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Hardback in unclipped dust jacket, which has a couple of tiny black spots to front, but otherwise is in excellent condition. Clean and unmarked inside. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 379 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white, Maps. Audience: General/trade.
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Good. Good Dust Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp. 379. 379 pp. Tightly bound. Note: Bumping to four corners. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Good to very good dust jacket. BOOK CLUB EDITION. A good, clean reading copy free of markings.
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Very good in very good jacket. Illustrated in black and white. xxvi, 379 pages. 8vo, grey boards with silver lettering, d.w. (lightly worn). New Haven: Yale University Press, (2008). Book club edition. Outer page edges lightly spotted, still very good in a very good dust wrapper.
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