The discovery of mankind : Atlantic encounters in the age of Columbus / David Abulafia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abulafia, David

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture conflict.

History.

Acculturation.

Public opinion.

Indigenous peoples--Public opinion.

Indigenous peoples.

Explorers.

Discoveries in geography.

America--Discovery and exploration--European.

America.

Canary Islands--Discovery and exploration--European.

Canary Islands.

Caribbean Area--Discovery and exploration--European.

Caribbean Area.

Latin America--Discovery and exploration--European.

Latin America.

Explorers--Europe--History.

First contact (Anthropology).

Indigenous peoples--Public opinion--History.

Public opinion--Europe--History.

Acculturation--History.

Culture conflict--History.

Europe.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 379 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, [2008]

Contents:

Part I Mental Horizons: The Peoples, Islands and Shores of the Imagination 1

Chapter 1 Finding People from Other Worlds 3

Was Mankind Created More Than Once? 3

Was Intelligent Life Created More Than Once? 7

Chapter 2 Wild Men and Wanderers 10

Columbus Sets his Course, August 1492 10

Strange Peoples 14

Wild Men of the West 18

Wild Men of the East 20

Men without Reason 21

Chapter 3 Images of Asia 24

Rumours of Japan 24

Letters to the Rulers of the Orient 27

Part II Eastern Horizons: The Peoples, Islands and Shores of the Eastern Atlantic 31

Chapter 4 Innocence and Wildness in the Canary Islands, 1341-1400 33

Seven Miniature Continents 33

The View from Florence, 1341 36

A Pastoral Idyll 40

Wild Solitude 42

The Revelation to the Pagans, 1400 44

Chapter 5 The Canary Islanders, 1341-1496 49

Uncontaminated Gentiles 49

Island Berbers 51

The Naked and the Clothed 54

Pagan Rites 58

Divided Realms 62

Chapter 6 Rights of Dominion, 1341-1496 65

Contrasting Priorities, 1341-51 65

The Grumbling Canon of Zurich, 1370/1450 68

Missions to the Edges of the World, 1344-1400 70

Chapter 7 Quarrelsome Conquerors, 1402-44 76

Chivalry and Greed, 1402-4 76

Prince Henry's Ambitions, 1424-36 82

Nearly Wild Men, 1436-60 86

Chapter 8 Gold and Slaves, 1444-96 90

Black and Brown Slaves, 1444 90

Africa in Western Eyes 92

Castile Claims its Share, 1479-96 95

Part III Western Horizons: The Peoples, Islands and Shores of the Western Atlantic 103

Chapter 9 From the Old Canaries to the New Canaries, 1492 105

The Island of the Holy Saviour, 12 October 1492 105

Simple and Beautiful People, October 1492 110

Chapter 10 Tainos and Caribs 115

Early Peoples of the Caribbean 115

The Taino Indians 117

In Harmony with Nature? 119

Chieftains and Families 123

The Caribs 125

Chapter 11 Turtles, Shamans and Snorting Tubes 131

A Humble Friar 131

A World outside Time 137

Conversations with the Dead 141

Chapter 12 Cuba = Cipangu = Japan, 1492 145

Going from Good to Better, October 1492 145

The Discovery of Cuba, October-November 1492 149

An Imperfect Paradise, November 1492 153

Cannibal Tales, November 1492 155

Spain's New Dominions, November-December 1492 158

Chapter 13 La Navidad, 1492-3 162

The Second Spain, December 1492 162

Naked Kings, December 1492 164

The First European Settlement, Christmas 1492 167

First Encounter with the Caribs, January 1493 172

Chapter 14 First News of the New World, 1493 175

Reports from Paradise, 1493 175

The Golden Age, 1493/1511 178

A Borgia Divides the World, May 1493 183

Chapter 15 Into the Caribbean, 1493-4 187

Columbus Visits the Cannibals, November 1493 187

Violence in Paradise, 1493-4 192

The Spanish Stockade, 1494 196

Chapter 16 Misrule in Hispaniola, 1494-6 199

Fleeting Glimpses of Cathay, 1494-5 199

Pacification by Means of War, 1494 201

Handcuffs from Heaven, 1495 206

Tribute in Gold, 1495-6 207

Chapter 17 The Project Unravels, 1497-8 213

A Pear-Shaped World, 1498 213

'In Their Demeanour Like to Brute Beasts', 1497-8 217

The Virgin and Child of Calicut, 1497-8 220

Chapter 18 Columbus Eclipsed, 1498-1506 224

Roldan's Rebellion, 1498 224

Towards the Lands of the Mayas, 1502 228

The Moon Turns to Blood, 1503-4 235

Encomienda Tribute 238

Part IV Southern Horizons: The Peoples and Shores of Atlantic South America 239

Chapter 19 Vespucci's Tabloid Journalism, 1497-1504 241

A Florentine Publicist 241

A Voyage of the Imagination, 1497 244

Vespucci's Cannibals, 1499 251

Slavers and their Victims, 1499-1504 258

America is Born, 1507 260

Chapter 20 The Land of the Holy Cross, 1500 262

The Lands of the Tupinamba 262

The Great Blemish 265

Cabral's Landfall, April 1500 268

Cabral among the Tupi Indians, April 1500 271

An Innocent People, May 1500 274

Chapter 21 The Realm of King Arosca, 1505 278

Brazilwood and Black Slaves, 1501-11 278

A Lost French Ship, 1503-4 279

Cruel Eaters of Men, 1504 282

Chapter 22 A Compulsory Voluntary 'Requirement', 1511-20 286

The Church in the New World, 1492-1516 286

Aristotle and the American Indians 288

The Laws of Burgos, 1512 293

The Doctrine of Submission, 1511-13 294

Theory and Practice in Cuba, 1511-13 299

Mexico, a New New World - But Strangely Familiar, 1520 302

Conclusion: The Renaissance Discovery of Man 306

The True Discoverer 306

The Wonder of Discovery 308

The Encounters Continue 310.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [317]-366) and index.

ISBN:

9780300125825

0300125828

OCLC:

144768605