New Worlds, Ancient Texts: The Power of Tradition and the Shock of Discovery by Anthony Grafton

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

Anthony Grafton

296 pages 1992

2 editions

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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Describing an era of exploration during the Renaissance 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 Europe...

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