| #1327005 in Books | Ingramcontent | 2017-03-13 | Original language:English | 9.50 x6.50 x1.25l, | File type: PDF | 416 pages | Europe 039 s India Words People Empires 1500 1800|||Sanjay Subrahmanyam brings his wide learning and wise judgement to a fraught subject―European conceptions of India as they are shaped by exploration, trade, and conquest. Europe's India uncovers the complex ground of knowledge-formation and knowledge-
When Portuguese explorers first rounded the Cape of Good Hope and arrived in the subcontinent in the late fifteenth century, Europeans had little direct knowledge of India. The maritime passage opened new opportunities for exchange of goods as well as ideas. Traders were joined by ambassadors, missionaries, soldiers, and scholars from Portugal, England, Holland, France, Italy, and Germany, all hoping to learn about India for reasons as varied as their particular natio...
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