Early Modern Dutch Prints of Africa. Elizabeth A. Sutton

by Elizabeth A. Sutton

Using Pieter de Marees' Description and Historical Account of the Gold Kingdom of Guinea (1602) as her main source material, author Elizabeth Sutton brings to bear approaches from the disciplines of art history and book history to explore the context in which De Marees' account was created. Since variations of the images and text were repeated in other European travel collections and decorated maps, Sutton is able to trace how the framing of text...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113824595X
• ISBN13: 9781138245952
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"