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Elizabeth Horodowich

Jun 16, 2020

The Venetian Discovery of America

Geographic Imagination and Print Culture in the Age of Encounters

Cambridge University Press 2018

purchase at bookshop.org In this episode Jana Byars speaks with Elizabeth Horodowich, Professor of History at New Mexico State University, about her new book, The Venetian Discovery of America: Geographic Imagination and Print Culture in the Age of Encounters (Cambridge University Press, 2018). We explore her primary argument, that Venetians used their knowledge, and their ability to employ that knowledge, to write Venetians into the story. Along the way, we talk about grand historical narratives, the Venetian archives, and what leads an historian to her topics. We end up with a quick preview of her newest work, Amerasia.

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