| Reading Columbus: Volume 9 Contributor(s): Zamora, Margarita (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520082974 ISBN-13: 9780520082977 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $31.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1993 Annotation: Christopher Columbus authored over a hundred documents, many of them letters giving testimony on the Discovery to Isabela and Ferdinand. In this first book in English to focus specifically on these writings, Margarita Zamora offers an original analysis of their textual problems and ideological implications. Her comprehensive study takes into account the newly discovered "Libro Copiador," which includes previously unknown letters from Columbus to the Crown. Zamora examines those aspects of the texts that have caused the most anxiety and disagreement among scholars--questions concerning Columbus's destination, the authenticity and authority of the texts attributed to him, Las Casas's editorial role, and Columbus's views on the Indians. In doing so she opens up the vast cultural context of the Discovery. Exploring the ways in which the first images of America as seen through European eyes both represented and helped shape the Discovery, she maps the inception and growth of a discourse that was to dominate the colonizing of the New World. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Americas (north Central South West Indies) - History | Expeditions & Discoveries |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 92039234 |
| Series: Latin American Literature and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.08" W x 9.03" (0.80 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 15th Century - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Christopher Columbus authored over a hundred documents, many of them letters giving testimony on the Discovery to Isabela and Ferdinand. In this first book in English to focus specifically on these writings, Margarita Zamora offers an original analysis of their textual problems and ideological implications. Her comprehensive study takes into account the newly discovered Libro Copiador, which includes previously unknown letters from Columbus to the Crown. Zamora examines those aspects of the texts that have caused the most anxiety and disagreement among scholars--questions concerning Columbus's destination, the authenticity and authority of the texts attributed to him, Las Casas's editorial role, and Columbus's views on the Indians. In doing so she opens up the vast cultural context of the Discovery. Exploring the ways in which the first images of America as seen through European eyes both represented and helped shape the Discovery, she maps the inception and growth of a discourse that was to dominate the colonizing of the New World. |