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Title

New World objects of knowledge : a cabinet of curiosities / edited by Mark Thurner and Juan Pimentel.

Publication

London : Institute of Latin American Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, 2021.

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Additional Authors

• Thurner, Mark
• Pimentel Igea, Juan
• University of London. Institute of Latin American Studies, publisher.

Description

xviii, 278 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 28 cm

Summary

"From the late fifteenth century to the present day, the New World has been plundered and pilfered for its many 'treasures' and 'wonders' and as a consequence, many of its natural and cultural productions have been scattered around the world, often hidden in libraries, museums and private collections. New World Objects of Knowledge: A Cabinet of Curiosities gathers a fascinating sampling of these scattered objects in forty richly illustrated essays written by world-leading scholars in the field. We discover the secret, often global, itineraries of such things as Aztec codices and Inca mummies, colonial paintings and indigenous maps, giant tortoises and precious hummingbirds"

Subject

• Art, Latin American
• Art, American
• Art, Colonial
• Art, Spanish colonial
• Art thefts > Latin America > History
• Biological specimens > Latin America
• Cabinets of curiosities
• Civilization
• Biological specimens
• Art thefts
• Latin America > Civilization
• America > Civilization
• Latin America
• America

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction / Mark Thurner and Juan Pimentel -- Part 1. Artificialia -- Codex Mendoza / Daniela Bleichmar -- Macuilxóchitl / Juan Pimentel -- Potosí / Kris Lane -- Piece of eight / Alejandra Irigoin and Bridget Millmore -- Pieza de Indias / Pablo F. Gómez -- Rubber / Heloisa Maria Bertol Domingues and Emilie Carreón -- Silver basin / Mariana Françozo -- Feathered shield / Linda Báez Rubí -- Black / Adrian Masters -- Spanish deck / Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra -- Mary's armadillo / Peter Mason -- Mexican portrait / Andrés Gutiérrez Usillos -- Clay vessels / Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra -- Singing violin / Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra -- Mestizo memory palaces / Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra -- Creole cabinet / Juan Pimentel and Mark Thurner -- Modern quipu / Sabine Hyland and William P. Hyland -- Inca mummy / Christopher Heaney -- Xilonen / Miruna Achim -- Machu Picchu / Amy Cox Hall -- Part 2. Naturalia -- Amazon / Roberto Chauca -- Bird of paradise / José Ramón Marcaida -- Emeralds / Kris Lane -- Pearls / Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra -- Cochineal / Miruna Achim -- Opossum / José Ramón Marcaida -- Guinea pig / Helen Cowie -- Bezoar / José Pardo-Tomás -- Cacao / Peter Mason -- Strawberry / Elisa Sevilla and Ana Sevilla -- Volcano / Sophie Brockmann -- Andes / Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra and Mark Thurner -- Anteater / Helen Cowie -- Megatherium / Juan Pimentel -- Tapir / Irina Podgorny -- Cinchona / Matthew James Crawford -- Potato / Rebecca Earle -- Guano / Gregory T. Cushman -- Darwin's tortoise / Elizabeth Hennessy -- Darwin's hummingbird / Iris Montero Sobrevilla.

Call Number

JQF 22-108

ISBN

• 9781908857828
• 190885782X

LCCN

10.14296/2104.9781908857835

OCLC

1242739583

Title

New World objects of knowledge : a cabinet of curiosities / edited by Mark Thurner and Juan Pimentel.

Publisher

London : Institute of Latin American Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, 2021.

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access

Open Access Unrestricted online access star

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Added Author

Thurner, Mark, editor.

Pimentel Igea, Juan, editor.

University of London. Institute of Latin American Studies, publisher.

Other Form:

ebook version : 9781908857835

Other Standard Identifier

10.14296/2104.9781908857835 doi

Research Call Number

JQF 22-108