Penulis: Ricardo Padron

The relationship of texts and maps, and the mappability of literature, examined from Homer to Houellebecq.Literary authors have frequently called on elements of cartography to ground fictional space, …

Padron reveals the evolution of Spain’s imagining of the New World as a space in continuity with Asia.Narratives of Europe s westward expansion often tell of how the Americas came to be known as a di …

The Spacious Word explores the history of Iberian expansion into the Americas as seen through maps and cartographic literature, and considers the relationship between early Spanish ideas of the world …