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- Title
Mapping the 'New World': Medieval Traditions of Othering.
- Authors
Martínez García, Pedro
- Abstract
In 1562, 70 years after Columbus's landing in Guanahaní the cartographer Diego Gutiérrez together with the engraver Hieronymus Cock elaborated one of the first scale wall maps of America. Despite the time elapsed since the «Discovery» the «new world» remains populated with fantastic creatures and monstrous beings which eventually will be incorporated to the European perception of the Atlantic world and its backyards. In the present paper, I will present three fundamental images used in this map to enlighten and depict the identity of some of the regions newly incorporated into the imaginary of the early modern European world.
- Subjects
GUTIERREZ, Diego; CARTOGRAPHERS; COLUMBUS, Christopher, 1451-1506
- Publication
Vegueta: Anuario de la Facultad de Geografía e Historia, 2018, Issue 18, p119
- ISSN
1133-598X
- Publication type
Article