Renaissance Ethnography and the Invention of the Human
Early maps
Symbolic aspects
United states, civilization
Cartography
Sociological aspects
Maps
Monsters
Geography
History
"Giants, cannibals and other monsters were a regular feature of Renaissance illustrated maps, inhabiting the Americas alongside other indigenous peoples. In a new approach to views of distant peoples, Surekha Davies analyzes this archive alongside prints, costume books and geographical writing. Usin…
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