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Zusatztext 'This is a thorough! encyclopedic study of dozens of authors who are appropriately and lovingly located in their historical! intellectual! and cultural contexts. It deserve wide readership.' Journal of the History of Biology 'This study is engaging! informative! and offers a nuanced contextualization of the transmission of knowledge about Iberian America to contemporary Europeans... This work deserves a place in the required reading for any course that seeks to understand better the impact of the Americas on the early modern world.' Itinerario 'A New World of Animals is a fascinating study of one aspect of the centuries-long encounter between the Old World and the Americas. It is a well-researched and well-organized study with a plethora of interesting vignettes...Anyone interested in the history of exploration! sciences! and ideas in the early modern period will want to read this book.' Sixteenth Century Journal '...carefully researched! clearly written! and includes a valuable primary source bibliography of many of the most important early modern European texts dealing with Iberian American nature... In its careful attention to detail and exhaustive sources! this work is a valuable contribution to the history of science and the history of the Americas.' Medical History Informationen zum Autor Miguel de Asúa is Professor at the Universidad Nacional de San Martin and member of the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientÃficas y Técnicas! Argentina. Dr Roger French was formerly in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Cambridge University! UK. Zusammenfassung Shows how the wonder at the beasts gave way to a utilitarian approach, assessing their medical potential. This book traces the amazement of the explorers and colonizers, the chronicles of soldiers and Indians, the natural histories of the New World, and the place of animals in the network of interests driving the early expansion of Europe. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Preface; Introduction; The unexpected menagerie of the New World; Soldiers and Amerindians; The new histories of the New World; Joyful and profitable news from the New World. Animals! medicine and commerce; Learned missionaries and Jesuit scholars; New World animals and shifting conceptions of natural history; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index. ...
