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Nature in the New World: From Christopher Columbus to Gonzalo Fernandez De Oviedo Antonello Gerbi
Nature in the New World: From Christopher Columbus to Gonzalo Fernandez De Oviedo
Antonello Gerbi
Examines the reports of the first Europeans to see the Americas. This book contains the accounts which provided the basis for the images of strange and new flora, fauna, and human creatures that filled European imaginations. It includes the work of Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo, a work commissioned by Charles V of Spain in 1532.
462 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | June 28, 2010 |
| ISBN13 | 9780822960805 |
| Publishers | University of Pittsburgh Press |
| Pages | 462 |
| Dimensions | 228 × 152 × 30 mm · 657 g |
| Translator | Moyle, Jeremy |
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