{"product_id":"christopher-columbuss-naming-in-the-diarios-of-the-four-voyages-1492-1504-a-discourse-of-negotiation-9781442647466","title":"Christopher Columbus's Naming in the 'Diarios' of the Four Voyages (1492-1504): A Discourse of Negotiation","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this fascinating book, Evelina Guzauskyte uses the names Columbus gave to places in the Caribbean Basin as a way to examine the complex encounter between Europeans and the native inhabitants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuzauskyte challenges the common notion that Columbus's acts of naming were merely an imperial attempt to impose his will on the terrain. Instead, she argues that they were the result of the collisions between several distinct worlds, including the real and mythical geography of the Old World, Portuguese and Catalan naming traditions, and the knowledge and mapping practices of the Taino inhabitants of the Caribbean. Rather than reflecting the Spanish desire for an orderly empire, Columbus's collection of place names was fractured and fragmented - the product of the explorer's dynamic relationship with the inhabitants, nature, and geography of the Caribbean Basin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo complement Guzauskyte's argument, the book also features the first comprehensive list of the more than two hundred Columbian place names that are documented in his \u003cem\u003ediarios\u003c\/em\u003e and other contemporary sources.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Evelina Guzauskyte\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/16\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442647466\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuzauskyte, Evelina:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eEvelina Guzauskyte\u003c\/strong\u003e is an associate professor in the Spanish Department at Wellesley College.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44993705181299,"sku":"9781442647466","price":145.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_a11d4b94-7704-4054-ad2e-5cc65d5c5ed1.jpg?v=1778871737","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/christopher-columbuss-naming-in-the-diarios-of-the-four-voyages-1492-1504-a-discourse-of-negotiation-9781442647466","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}