Nature and Culture in the Early Modern Atlantic

by Peter C. Mancall

Book Overview

In the sixteenth-century Atlantic world, nature and culture swirled in people's minds to produce fantastic images. In the South of France, a cloister's painted wooden panels greeted parishioners with vivid depictions of unicorns, dragons, and centaurs, while Mayans in the Yucatan created openings to buildings that resembled a fierce animal's jaws, known to archaeologists as serpent-column portals.

In Nature and Culture in the Early Modern...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812224728
• ISBN13: 9780812224726
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 9.9"