The Legacy of Christopher Columbus in the Americas New Nations and a Transatlantic Discourse of Empire
Why is the capital of the United States named in part after Christopher Columbus, a Genoese explorer commissioned by Spain who never set foot on what would become the nation's mainland? Why did Spanish American nationalists in 1819 name a new independent republic "Colombia," after Col...
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Main Author: | Bartosik-Velez, Elise (auth) |
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Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
Language: | English |
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Vanderbilt University Press
2016
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