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Christopher Columbus's Naming in the 'diarios' of the Four Voyages (1492-1504) : A Discourse of Negotiation.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Toronto Iberic SeriesPublisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (290 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442668249
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Christopher Columbus's Naming in the 'diarios' of the Four Voyages (1492-1504)DDC classification:
  • 972.9/02
LOC classification:
  • E118
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 "Named Incorrectly": The Geographic and Symbolic Functions of Columbian Place Names -- 2 Words and the World: The Known Corpus of Columbian Place Names -- 3 "Y saber dellos los secretos de la tierra": Taino Toponymy and Columbian Naming -- 4 Heavenly Bodies and Metallurgy in Columbian Toponymy -- 5 Iguana and Christ -- 6 Infernal Imagery: Spirituality and Cosmology in the Final Two Voyages -- Conclusion -- Appendix: A Comprehensive List of Columbian Place Names -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: In this fascinating book, Evelina Guzauskytė uses the names Columbus gave to places in the Caribbean Basin as a way to examine the complex encounter between Europeans and the native inhabitants.
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Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 "Named Incorrectly": The Geographic and Symbolic Functions of Columbian Place Names -- 2 Words and the World: The Known Corpus of Columbian Place Names -- 3 "Y saber dellos los secretos de la tierra": Taino Toponymy and Columbian Naming -- 4 Heavenly Bodies and Metallurgy in Columbian Toponymy -- 5 Iguana and Christ -- 6 Infernal Imagery: Spirituality and Cosmology in the Final Two Voyages -- Conclusion -- Appendix: A Comprehensive List of Columbian Place Names -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

In this fascinating book, Evelina Guzauskytė uses the names Columbus gave to places in the Caribbean Basin as a way to examine the complex encounter between Europeans and the native inhabitants.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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