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Autore: | Gužauskytė Evelina <1975-> |
Titolo: | Christopher Columbus's naming in the diarios of the four voyages (1492-1504) : a discourse of negotiation / / Evelina Gužauskytė |
Pubblicazione: | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2014 |
©2014 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (290 p.) |
Disciplina: | 972.902 |
Soggetto topico: | Names, Geographical - Caribbean Area |
Names, Geographical - South America | |
Soggetto geografico: | Caribbean Area Discovery and exploration Spanish |
South America Discovery and exploration Spanish | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. "Named Incorrectly": The Geographic and Symbolic Functions of Columbian Place Names -- 2. Words and the World: The Known Corpus of Columbian Place Names -- 3. "Y saber dellos los secretos de la tierra": Taino Toponymy and Columbian Naming -- 5. Iguana and Christ -- 6. Infernal Imagery: Spirituality and Cosmology in the Final Two Voyages -- Conclusion -- Appendix: A Comprehensive List of Columbian Place Names -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backmatter. |
Sommario/riassunto: | In this fascinating book, Evelina Gužauskytė uses the names Columbus gave to places in the Caribbean Basin as a way to examine the complex encounter between Europeans and the native inhabitants. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Christopher Columbus's naming in the diarios of the four voyages (1492-1504) |
ISBN: | 1-4426-6825-3 |
1-4426-6824-5 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910819825703321 |
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