New World objects of knowledge : a cabinet of curiosities

New World objects of knowledge a cabinet of curiosities

From the late fifteenth century to the present day, countless explorers, conquerors, and other agents of empire have laid siege to the New World, plundering and pilfering its most precious artefacts and treasures. Today, these natural and cultural products—which are key to conceptualizing a history...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: University of London. Institute of Latin American Studies, publisher (publisher)
Otros Autores: Thurner, Mark, editor (editor), Pimentel, Juan, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London University of London Press 2021
London : 2021.
Materias:
History of the Americas
Latin America > Civilization.
America > Civilization.
New World
Inca
North America
Central America
Darwin
nature
artefacts
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009605742306719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Mark Thurner and Juan Pimentel
  • Part 1. Artificialia
  • Codex Mendoza / Daniela Bleichmar
  • Macuilxóchitl / Juan Pimentel
  • Potosí / Kris Lane
  • Piece of eight / Alejandra Irigoin and Bridget Millmore
  • Pieza de Indias / Pablo F. Gómez
  • Rubber / Heloisa Maria Bertol Domingues and Emilie Carreón
  • Silver basin / Mariana Françozo
  • Feathered shield / Linda Báez Rubí
  • Black / Adrian Masters
  • Spanish deck / Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra
  • Mary's armadillo / Peter Mason
  • Mexican portrait / Andrés Gutiérrez Usillos
  • Clay vessels / Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra
  • Singing violin / Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra
  • Mestizo memory palaces / Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra
  • Creole cabinet / Juan Pimentel and Mark Thurner
  • Modern quipu / Sabine Hyland and William P. Hyland
  • Inca mummy / Christopher Heaney
  • Xilonen / Miruna Achim
  • Machu Picchu / Amy Cox Hall
  • Part 2. Naturalia
  • Amazon / Roberto Chauca
  • Bird of paradise / José Ramón Marcaida
  • Emeralds / Kris Lane
  • Pearls / Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra
  • Cochineal / Miruna Achim
  • Opossum / José Ramón Marcaida
  • Guinea pig / Helen Cowie
  • Bezoar / José Pardo-Tomás
  • Cacao / Peter Mason
  • Strawberry / Elisa Sevilla and Ana Sevilla
  • Volcano / Sophie Brockmann
  • Andes / Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra and Mark Thurner
  • Anteater / Helen Cowie
  • Megatherium / Juan Pimentel
  • Tapir / Irina Podgorny
  • Cinchona / Matthew James Crawford
  • Potato / Rebecca Earle
  • Guano / Gregory T. Cushman
  • Darwin's tortoise / Elizabeth Hennessy
  • Darwin's hummingbird / Iris Montero Sobrevilla.

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