Book contents
- Renaissance Ethnography and the Invention of the Human
- Cambridge Social and Cultural Histories
- Renaissance Ethnography and the Invention of the Human
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Preface and note on the text
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Climate, culture or kinship? Explaining human diversity c.1500
- 2 Atlantic empires, map workshops and Renaissance geographical culture
- 3 Spit-roasts, barbecues and the invention of the Brazilian cannibal
- 4 Trade, empires and propaganda
- 5 Monstrous ontology and environmental thinking
- 6 The epistemology of wonder
- 7 Civility, idolatry and cities in Mexico and Peru
- 8 New sources, new genres and America’s place in the world, 1590–1645
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
6 - The epistemology of wonder
Amazons, headless men and mapping Guiana
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2016
- Renaissance Ethnography and the Invention of the Human
- Cambridge Social and Cultural Histories
- Renaissance Ethnography and the Invention of the Human
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Preface and note on the text
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Climate, culture or kinship? Explaining human diversity c.1500
- 2 Atlantic empires, map workshops and Renaissance geographical culture
- 3 Spit-roasts, barbecues and the invention of the Brazilian cannibal
- 4 Trade, empires and propaganda
- 5 Monstrous ontology and environmental thinking
- 6 The epistemology of wonder
- 7 Civility, idolatry and cities in Mexico and Peru
- 8 New sources, new genres and America’s place in the world, 1590–1645
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Renaissance Ethnography and the Invention of the HumanNew Worlds, Maps and Monsters, pp. 183 - 216Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016