Transoceanic Animals as Spectacle in Early Modern Spain / / John Beusterien.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Beusterien, John,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• प्रकाशन का वर्ष : 2020
• भाषा: English
• श्रृंखला: Connected Histories in the Early Modern World ; 2
• भौतिक वर्णन: 1 online resource (254 p.)

Animal spectacles are vital to a holistic appreciation of Spanish culture. In Transoceanic Animals as Spectacle in Early Modern Spain, Beusterien christens five previously unnamed animals, each of whom was a protagonist in a spectacle: Abada, the rhinoceros; Hawa'i, the elephant; Fuleco, the ar...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Table of Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Prologue
• Introduction: Armored Beasts and the Elephant in the Room
• 1. Hawa’i the Elephant and Abada the Rhinoceros
• 2. Fuleco the Armadillo
• 3. Jarama the Bull and Maghreb the Lion
• Conclusion: Biogeography as a Teaching Tool
• Appendix 1
• Appendix 2
• Index