num_pages: 296
description: 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 Europeans so far afield. What Anthony Grafton recounts is a war of ideas fought by mariners, scientists, publishers, and rulers over a period of 150 years. In colorful vignettes, published debates, and copious illustrations, we see these men and their contemporaries trying to make sense of their discoveries as they sometimes confirm, sometimes contest, and finally displace traditional notions of the world beyond Europe.
language: English
title: New Worlds, Ancient Texts: The Power of Tradition and the Shock of Discovery
titlecomplete: New Worlds, Ancient Texts: The Power of Tradition and the Shock of Discovery
genres: History Of Science, European History, Nonfiction, History, Geography
ratings_count: 87
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: History, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: PROSE Award
category: History
publisher: Belknap Press