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On savage shores

how indigenous Americans discovered Europe
Verfasser*in: Suche nach Verfasser*in Dodds Pennock, Caroline
Verfasser*innenangabe: Caroline Dodds Pennock
Jahr: 2022
Verlag: London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Mediengruppe: Buch
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We have long been taught to presume that modern global history began when the 'Old World' encountered the 'New', when Christopher Columbus 'discovered' America in 1492. But, as Caroline Dodds Pennock conclusively shows in this groundbreaking book, for tens of thousands of Aztecs, Maya, Totonacs, Inuit and others - enslaved people, diplomats, explorers, servants, traders - the reverse was true: they discovered Europe. For them, Europe comprised savage shores, a land of riches and marvels, yet perplexing for its brutal disparities of wealth and quality of life, and its baffling beliefs. The story of these Indigenous Americans abroad is a story of abduction, loss, cultural appropriation, and, as they saw it, of apocalypse - a story that has largely been absent from our collective imagination of the times. From the Brazilian king who met Henry VIII to the Aztecs who mocked up human sacrifice at the court of Charles V; from the Inuk baby who was put on show in a London pub to the mestizo children of Spaniards who returned 'home' with their fathers; from the Inuit who harpooned ducks on the Avon river to the many servants employed by Europeans of every rank: here are a people who were rendered exotic, demeaned, and marginalised, but whose worldviews and cultures had a profound impact on European civilisation. Drawing on their surviving literature and poetry and subtly layering European eyewitness accounts against the grain, Pennock gives us a sweeping account of the Indigenous American presence in, and impact on, early modern Europe. (Verlagstext)

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Verfasser*in: Suche nach Verfasser*in Dodds Pennock, Caroline
Verfasser*innenangabe: Caroline Dodds Pennock
Jahr: 2022
Verlag: London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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Systematik: Suche nach dieser Systematik GE.NF, FS.E
Interessenkreis: Suche nach diesem Interessenskreis Englisch [Sprache]
ISBN: 978-1-474-61690-4
2. ISBN: 1-474-61690-9
Beschreibung: XVI, 302 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten : Illustrationen, Karten
Schlagwörter: Europa, Geschichte 1492-1607, Indianer, Abendland, Amerika / Indianer, Amerikaner <Indianer>, Indio, Indios, Native Americans, Okzident, Präkolumbianische Zeit / Indianer
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Sprache: Englisch
Fußnote: Enthält Literaturangaben
Mediengruppe: Buch