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The Imaginative Landscape of Christopher Columbus
(Hardback)
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
The Imaginative Landscape of Christopher Columbus
Contributors:
By (Author) Valerie Irene Jane Flint
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
30th May 2017
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
970.015
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
260
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
Weight:
539g
Description
Rather than focusing on the well-rehearsed facts of Columbus's achievements in the New World, Valerie Flint looks instead at his imaginative mental images, the powerful "fantasies" that gave energy to his endeavors in the Renaissance. With him on his voyages into the unknown, he carried medieval notions gleaned from a Mediterranean tradition of tal
