Evelina Guzauskyte: 1 book
Christopher Columbus's Naming in the 'diarios' of the Four Voyages (1492-1504)
A Discourse of Negotiation
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2014
In this fascinating book, Evelina Gužauskytė 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.
Gužauskytė challenges the common notion that Columbus’s acts of naming were merely an imperial...
