The Anxiety of Discovery: The Italian Interest in Native American Studies

Fedora  Giordano

doi:10.13135/1592-4467/8962

The Anxiety of Discovery

The Italian Interest in Native American Studies

Authors

Fedora Giordano

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13135/1592-4467/8962

Keywords:

Italian explorers, Native Americans, Native American studies, discovery

Abstract

This essay, which is part of a work in progress on the subject, outlines the various views on Native Americans held by Italian explorers, missionaries, travelers, anthropologists, and writers in the past four centuries.

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Published

1994-09-01

Issue

Vol. 5 (1994): Untitled

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Articles

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