La España del Siglo de Oro
by Bennassar, Bartolomé, Bordonava, Pablo
fromTemas hispanicos
La España del siglo de oro
by Bennassar, Bartolomé, Bordonava, Pablo
fromTemas hispanicos
"This book is a study of the strategies of Arabic translators and administrative functions of Arabic translation as part of a suite of techniques for political rule and social discipline. Translation underpinned the elaboration of Spain's administrative empire from the expansion…
Introduction -- The map behind the curtain -- South Sea dreams -- Pacific nightmares -- Shipwrecked ambitions -- Pacific conquests -- The location of China --The kingdom of the setting sun --The anxieties of a paper empire -- Conclusion. "Although the tendency to depict America…
"Although the tendency to depict America as a part of Asia is most often associated with the print cartography of Renaissance humanists living and working north of the Pyrenees, it was actually the Spanish-speaking world that was most committed to mapping the New World in terms …
"Although the tendency to depict America as a part of Asia is most often associated with the print cartography of Renaissance humanists living and working north of the Pyrenees, it was actually the Spanish-speaking world that was most committed to mapping the New World in terms …
