Natural and Moral History of the Indies - the Natural and Moral History of the Indie

Klappentext The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. This volume, first published in 1880, translates the first detailed description of the geography and indigenous culture of South America, written by Joseph de Acosta (1540-1600) and published in Spanish in 1590. Acosta was one of the first explorers to record and analyse the geophysical phenomena of the 'New World' and attempt to explain them scientifically. Volume 2 contains Books 5-7 of Acosta's work, describing the life of the indigenous population and including a brief history of the end of the Inca empire. Zusammenfassung The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available early accounts of exploration. This is a translation of the first detailed account of the geography and indigenous culture of South America, by Joseph de Acosta (1540–1600). Volume 2 describes the indigenous cultures of South America. Inhaltsverzeichnis Analytical table of contents; The Moral History Books V-VII; Index.

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• Authors: Joseph De Acosta, Acosta Joseph de, Acosta Joseph De
• Assisted by: Clements R. Markham (Editor), Clements R. Sir Markham (Editor), Sir Clements Markham (Editor), Edward Grimston (Translation), Grimston Edward (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.05.2010
• EAN: 9781108011525
• ISBN: 978-1-108-01152-5
• No. of pages: 284
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Hakluyt First Series; Cambridge Library Collection - Hakluyt First Series; The Natural and Moral History of the Indies 2 Volume Paperback Set
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; South America, HISTORY / Historical Geography, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, HISTORY / Latin America / South America, Geographical discovery & exploration, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas, Geographical discovery and exploration, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, Historical Geography