The German discovery of the world : Renaissance encounters with the strange and marvelous / Christine R. Johnson.

Author/creator Johnson, Christine R., 1971-
Format Book
Publication InfoCharlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2008.
Descriptionx, 304 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesStudies in early modern German history
Studies in early modern German history. ^A381424
Contents There and back again: the travelers' tales -- Plotting the discoveries: the cosmographies -- Accounting for the discoveries: the commercial correspondence -- Too rich for German blood? The spice trade as an economic, moral, and medical threat -- The sorrows of young Welser: the commercial misfortunes.
General noteBased on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Johns Hopkins University.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 257-292) and index.
LCCN 2007040673
ISBN9780813927121 (alk. paper)
ISBN0813927129 (alk. paper)