Illustrators of the New World. The Image in the Spanish Scientific Expeditions of the Enlightenment

In the Eighteenth Century, with the boom in the exploration of the Earth, most travellers and explorers had painters and illustrators at their sides who recorded their adventures, even their deaths, the exotic locations they visited, the aborigines, the landscapes or the strange creatures or plants...

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Main Author: Miguel Ángel Puig-Samper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2012-12-01
Series:Culture & History Digital Journal
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Online Access:http://cultureandhistory.revistas.csic.es/index.php/cultureandhistory/article/view/12