Ceremonies of possession in Europe's conquest of the New World, 1492-1640/
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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[Cambridge ; New York]:
Cambridge University Press,
c1995
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Houses, gardens, and fences: signs of English possession in the New World
- Ceremonies: the theatrical rituals of French political possession
- The requirement: a protocol for conquest
- "A new sky and new stars": Arabic and Hebrew science, Portuguese seamanship, and the discovery of America
- Sailing in the wake of the Portuguese.