Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xvi
5. Introduction 1
6. One The New World and Italy in the Early Sixteenth Century 7
7. Two A Turkey in a Medici Tapestry 17
8. Three The Americas in the Guardaroba Nuova 29
9. Four Francesco’s Exchange and Documentation of American Nature 47
10. Five The Stanzino and the Representation of the New World 63
11. Six Between Ethnography and Fantasy in Ferdinando’s New World 79
12. Seven The Florentine Codex and Buti’s Frescoes of Amerindians 93
13. Eight Stradano’s Invention of the Americas 119
14. Nine The Americas Both Real and Imagined 139
15. Conclusion: Vicarious Conquest 159
16. Notes 165
17. Bibliography 195
18. Index 227