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Vespucci, Amerigo (1451-1512)

Vespucci, Amerigo (1451-1512)
Vespucci, Amerigo (1451-1512)
Presenting a broad overview of travel writing, from classical antiquity to the present, Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia offers a multidisciplinary and multicultural guide to this growing area of study. With over 300 contributors from 35 countries, this set represents the global scope and interest in the history of travel writing, providing the first reference resource for this body of literature.
Readers will encounter a remarkable diversity of topics and a host of useful reference tools. More than 600 alphabetically arranged entries-ranging in length from 1,000 to 5,000 words-each include an essay analyzing current thinking about a particular subject, as well as a thorough bibliography of source material that gives students and researchers a starting point for further study. Extensive annotations for each article are available online, offering users helpful commentary on a vast selection of related works. A comprehensive index enables readers to easily pursue topics and people throughout the encyclopedia.
Over 230 illustrations have been carefully selected to show how travel literature publishers since the Middle Ages have tried to make their books, brochures, leaflets, and guides appealing to readers by using images that reveal the unique historical and cultural perspectives of societies coming into contact with one another.
Travel writing has documented a number of cultural issues both throughout history and in our current era of globalization. This definitive work provides the first signposts for navigating this vast field. Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia is a valuable resource for teachers and students of literature, geography, history, and social sciences, as well as any general reader with an interest in this fascinating subject.
1579582478
1245-1247
Routledge
Dinneen, Mark
21a3a063-031c-41be-9f02-878fa734b91d
Speake, Jennifer
Dinneen, Mark
21a3a063-031c-41be-9f02-878fa734b91d
Speake, Jennifer

Dinneen, Mark (2003) Vespucci, Amerigo (1451-1512). In, Speake, Jennifer (ed.) Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia. London, UK; New York, USA. Routledge, pp. 1245-1247.

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Presenting a broad overview of travel writing, from classical antiquity to the present, Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia offers a multidisciplinary and multicultural guide to this growing area of study. With over 300 contributors from 35 countries, this set represents the global scope and interest in the history of travel writing, providing the first reference resource for this body of literature.
Readers will encounter a remarkable diversity of topics and a host of useful reference tools. More than 600 alphabetically arranged entries-ranging in length from 1,000 to 5,000 words-each include an essay analyzing current thinking about a particular subject, as well as a thorough bibliography of source material that gives students and researchers a starting point for further study. Extensive annotations for each article are available online, offering users helpful commentary on a vast selection of related works. A comprehensive index enables readers to easily pursue topics and people throughout the encyclopedia.
Over 230 illustrations have been carefully selected to show how travel literature publishers since the Middle Ages have tried to make their books, brochures, leaflets, and guides appealing to readers by using images that reveal the unique historical and cultural perspectives of societies coming into contact with one another.
Travel writing has documented a number of cultural issues both throughout history and in our current era of globalization. This definitive work provides the first signposts for navigating this vast field. Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia is a valuable resource for teachers and students of literature, geography, history, and social sciences, as well as any general reader with an interest in this fascinating subject.

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Published date: 2003

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Local EPrints ID: 37882
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/37882
ISBN: 1579582478
PURE UUID: 0ff236ff-b1aa-4273-9ee8-4d11ce983ba9

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Date deposited: 04 Jun 2007
Last modified: 11 Dec 2021 15:38

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Author: Mark Dinneen
Editor: Jennifer Speake

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