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De-personifying Collaert's Four Continents: European descriptions of continental diversity, 1585â1625
Adriaen Collaert's personifications of the four continents are typical examples of how continents and their respective cultures were represented in the art and literature of Europe in the early-modern period. For example, Asia is the exotic double to Europe, possessing an âothernessâ upon which European identity has been juxtaposed. Such personifications of continents and broader tropes of âthe otherâ and âthe exoticâ have greatly influenced the historiography of the idea of Europe. However, the creation of art and literature characterised by these tropes reflects only part of the European understanding of the wider world. This article will explore how travellers â such as missionaries, merchants and ambassadors â in Europe's encounters with non-European societies presented a complex picture of the world sought to offer practical guidance and knowledge. How travellersâ accounts and personifications interacted is important for understanding the European experience of other continents. In considering how travellers presented their knowledge of continents, it is possible to analyse both how early-modern Europeans viewed other continents and question how useful artistic representation of âotherâ continents are for understanding how they viewed their own
Mores, leges, et ritus omnium gentium a Joanne Boëmo Aubano, Teutonico, ex multis clarissimis rerum scriptoribus collecti. Tribus libris absolutum opus, Aphricam, Asiam, et Europam describentibus. Cum indice locupletissimo
GLN-2400Adams, Cambridge, B 2269CDM, p. 7
Omnivm gentivm mores, leges & ritvs : ex multis clarissimis rerum scriptoribus /
Pages 157 and 287 incorrectly numbered 154 and 277.Title vignette (device of J. Faber).Signatures: a-uâž, x⎠(last leaf blank).Colophon: Apvd Fribvrgvm Brisgoiae, anno M.D.XXXVI. Excvdebat Ioannes Faber Emmevs Ivliacensis, MDXXXVI.Imprint from colophon.Mode of access: Internet
Mores, leges, et ritus omnium gentium, per Joannem Boëmum Aubanum, Teutonicum, ex multis clarissimis rerum scriptoribus collecti. Fides, religio, et mores Aethiopum, ac deploratio Lappianae gentis, Damiano a Goës auctore. De Aethiopicorum excerpta quaedam ex Jos. Scaligeri libros VII de emendatione temporum. Cum indice locupletissimo.
GLN-3461Adams, Cambridge, n° B 2271Cartier, Tournes, n° 689Cat. BN Hung., B751CDM, p. 130GĂŒltlingen, Lyon, t. 9, p. 259, n° 733Messkataloge Willer, print. 1592, t. 4, p. [524]