Article ID: CBB682086951

Science, New Worlds, and the Classical Tradition: An Introduction (2014)

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The articles in this volume offer interventions in the history of encounters between new worlds and the intellectual traditions inherited from and informed by classical antiquity, in the period roughly spanning 1450-1850. Ranging in scope from medical treatments to devil-worship, from cosmography to climate theory, from rhetorical colloquies to the interpretation of widow-burning, they show how early modern scholars, artisans, and travelers drew on multiple cultural traditions within Europe, as well as on indigenous knowledge networks in Asia, Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, in their attempts to incorporate new information into their existing world-view.

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Includes Series Articles

Article Neil Safier (2014) The Tenacious Travels of the Torrid Zone and the Global Dimensions of Geographical Knowledge in the Eighteenth Century. Journal of Early Modern History (pp. 141-172). unapi

Article Heidi Hausse (2014) European Theories and Local Therapies: Mordexi and Galenism in the East Indies, 1500-1700. Journal of Early Modern History (pp. 121-140). unapi

Article Andrea Frisch (2014) Passing Knowledge: André Thevet’s Cosmographical Epistemology. Journal of Early Modern History (pp. 49-67). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Lauren R. Cannady
Storms, Martijn
Ormelinge, Ferjan
Sarah Kendal
Wimmler, Jutta
Bhatti, Anil
Concepts
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Indigenous peoples; indigeneity
Colonialism
Crafts and craftspeople
Science and culture
Travel; exploration
Time Periods
Early modern
17th century
16th century
Modern
Renaissance
18th century
Places
Europe
Americas
Africa
Asia
Atlantic world
North America
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