Eating Animals in the Early Modern Atlantic World: Consuming Empire, 1492-1700

By Danielle Alesi

This book examines how the perceived edibility of animals evolved during the colonization of the Americas. Early European colonizers ate a variety of animals in the Americas, motivated by factors like curiosity, starvation, and diplomacy.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048560179
• ISBN13: 9789048560172
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.4"