Title: Imagining the New World : Columbian iconography /
Authors: Jaffe, Irma B.; Viola, Gianni Eugenio.; Rovigatti, Franca; New-York Historical Society.; Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana.
Publisher: Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana ;
Year: 1991
Subjects: Columbus, Christopher Influence Exhibitions.; Public opinion Europe Exhibitions.; Europe Civilization American influences Exhibitions.; America Discovery and exploration Exhibitions.; America Foreign public opinion, European Exhibitions.
Contents: Marvels, maps and monsters: Europe eyes the New World / Wilcomb E. Washburn -- Widening horizons: navigation in the age of discovery / Silvio A. Bedini -- The New World and the end of the world: evangelizing sixteenth-century Mexico / Pauline Moffitt Watts -- The press comes to the Americas: printing and printers during the first century of the encounter of two worlds / W. Michael Mathes -- Beyond the pillars of Hercules -- The "true" face of Columbus -- A new, astonishing flora and fauna -- The Renaissance image of the American town -- The European portrayal of the native Americans -- Cartography of the New World -- America seen from Europe -- The Church discovers America -- Europe and America: a history of a "biological exchange" / Antonio Di Meo.