New Worlds, Ancient Texts: The Power of Tradition and the Shock of Discovery
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| Publisher | Belknap Press |
| ISBN 13 | 9780674618763 |
| ISBN 10 | 0674618769 |
| Author | Anthony Grafton |
| Book Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Book Description | Describing an era of exploration during the Renaissance that went far beyond geographic bounds, this book shows how the evidence of the New World shook the foundations of the old, upsetting the authority of the ancient texts that had guided Europeans |
| About the Author | Anthony Grafton is the author of The Footnote, Defenders of the Text, Forgers and Critics, and Inky Fingers, among other books. The Henry Putnam University Professor of History and the Humanities at Princeton University, he writes regularly for the New York Review of Books.April Shelford is a graduate student in history at Princeton University.Nancy Siraisi is Distinguished Professor of History at Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Read more |
| Publication Date | 15 March 1995 |
| Number of Pages | 296 pages |
New Worlds, Ancient Texts: The Power of Tradition and the Shock of Discovery
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