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New Worlds, Ancient Texts: The Power of Tradition and the Shock of Discovery, Hardback - 1992

by Anthony Grafton; Nancy Siraisi; April Shelford

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On encountering what he called the Indies, the Jesuit Jose de Acosta wrote, Having read what poets and philosophers write of the Torrid Zone, I persuaded myself that when I came to the Equator, I would not be able to endure the violent heat, but it turned out to be otherwise... What could I do then but laugh at Aristotle's Meteorology and his philosophy? Acosta's experience echoes that of his fellow travellers to the New World, and it is this experience, with its profound effect on Western culture, that Anthony Grafton charts. Describing an era of exploration that went far beyond geographic bounds, this book shows how the evidence of the New World shook the foundations of the old, upsetting the authority of the ancient texts that had guided Europeans so far afield.

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  • Title New Worlds, Ancient Texts: The Power of Tradition and the Shock of Discovery,
  • Author Anthony Grafton; Nancy Siraisi; April Shelford
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 282
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Belknap Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 1992
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780674618756 / 0674618750
  • Weight 2.13 lbs (0.97 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.58 x 8.28 x 1.29 in (24.33 x 21.03 x 3.28 cm)
  • Category History - General History
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 92-10692
  • Dewey Decimal Code 970.01
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