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Discover a fascinating exploration of the interconnectedness between Asia and the Americas as envisioned by early modern European artists, mapmakers, and writers. This captivating book, brand new and set for release in 2024, dives into a world where Mexico was perceived as India, North America was an extension of China, and South America was rich with biblical and Asian influences. Through the lens of meticulously curated texts, maps, and artifacts from 1492 to 1700, readers will uncover how the 'Amerasian' worldview shaped the cultural and geographical understanding of Europe during a period of profound exploration and self-definition.
Each chapter presents a unique artifact, illuminating the amalgamation of American and Asian influences on European thought. This compelling text encourages readers to contemplate what it meant for Europe to perceive the Americas and Asia as part of the same continuum, both imaginatively and in reality. Learn about the early modern maps that identified Mexico as India, the stories behind the Amazon being named after Asian female warriors, and how artifacts classified as Indian or Chinese intertwined with Americana in European collections.
Elizabeth Horodowich and Alexander Nagel offer a dynamic re-examination of history that challenges the Eurocentric narratives that dominated the 19th and 20th centuries. With this book, you'll embark on an enlightening journey to rediscover the rich, complex connections between these two diverse continents. Ideal for history enthusiasts, scholars, and anyone curious about the cultural dialogues that have shaped our world.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Condition: BRAND NEW. ISBN: 9781942130833. Format: Trade binding. Year: 2024. Publisher: Zone Books.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781942130833
Format: Trade binding
Year: 2024
Publisher: Zone Books
Description:
A connected world as imagined by early modern European artists, mapmakers, and writers, where Asia and the Americas were on a continuum
America and Asia mingled in the geographical and cultural imagination of Europe for well over a century after 1492. Through an array of texts, maps, objects, and images produced between 1492 and 1700, this compelling and revelatory study immerses the reader in a vision of a world where Mexico really was India, North America was an extension of China, and South America was marked by a variety of biblical and Asian sites. It asks, further: What does it mean that the Amerasian worldview predominated at a time when Europe itself was coming into cultural self-definition? Each of the chapters focuses on a particular artifact, map, image, or book that illuminates aspects of Amerasia from specific European cultural milieus. Amerasia shows how it was possible to inhabit a world where America and Asia were connected either imaginatively when viewed from afar, or in reality when traveling through the newly encountered lands. Readers will learn why early modern maps regularly label Mexico as India, why the “Amazonas” region was named after a race of Asian female warriors, and why artifacts and manuscripts that we now identify as Indian and Chinese are entangled in European collections with what we now label Americana.
Elizabeth Horodowich and Alexander Nagel pose a dynamic model of the world and of Europe’s place in it that was eclipsed by the rise of Eurocentric colonialist narratives in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. To rediscover this history is an essential part of comin
Each chapter presents a unique artifact, illuminating the amalgamation of American and Asian influences on European thought. This compelling text encourages readers to contemplate what it meant for Europe to perceive the Americas and Asia as part of the same continuum, both imaginatively and in reality. Learn about the early modern maps that identified Mexico as India, the stories behind the Amazon being named after Asian female warriors, and how artifacts classified as Indian or Chinese intertwined with Americana in European collections.
Elizabeth Horodowich and Alexander Nagel offer a dynamic re-examination of history that challenges the Eurocentric narratives that dominated the 19th and 20th centuries. With this book, you'll embark on an enlightening journey to rediscover the rich, complex connections between these two diverse continents. Ideal for history enthusiasts, scholars, and anyone curious about the cultural dialogues that have shaped our world.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Condition: BRAND NEW. ISBN: 9781942130833. Format: Trade binding. Year: 2024. Publisher: Zone Books.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781942130833
Format: Trade binding
Year: 2024
Publisher: Zone Books
Description:
A connected world as imagined by early modern European artists, mapmakers, and writers, where Asia and the Americas were on a continuum
America and Asia mingled in the geographical and cultural imagination of Europe for well over a century after 1492. Through an array of texts, maps, objects, and images produced between 1492 and 1700, this compelling and revelatory study immerses the reader in a vision of a world where Mexico really was India, North America was an extension of China, and South America was marked by a variety of biblical and Asian sites. It asks, further: What does it mean that the Amerasian worldview predominated at a time when Europe itself was coming into cultural self-definition? Each of the chapters focuses on a particular artifact, map, image, or book that illuminates aspects of Amerasia from specific European cultural milieus. Amerasia shows how it was possible to inhabit a world where America and Asia were connected either imaginatively when viewed from afar, or in reality when traveling through the newly encountered lands. Readers will learn why early modern maps regularly label Mexico as India, why the “Amazonas” region was named after a race of Asian female warriors, and why artifacts and manuscripts that we now identify as Indian and Chinese are entangled in European collections with what we now label Americana.
Elizabeth Horodowich and Alexander Nagel pose a dynamic model of the world and of Europe’s place in it that was eclipsed by the rise of Eurocentric colonialist narratives in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. To rediscover this history is an essential part of comin