Ricardo Padr�n is an assistant professor of Spanish at the University of Virginia.
"Padr[5]on is an incisive critic. . . . The Spacious Word focuses a
dynamic picture of the ideologies at play in the long and
complicated 'invention' of America."--Andrew Staffell "TLS"
"This book is an intelligent and sophisticated unraveling of
contemporary cartographic literature. . . . Through his close
reading of maps and other iconographic literature, Padr[5]on
demonstrates that a variety of perceptions of space existed among
European polities as well as among various authors within a single
empire."--Antonio Feros "American Historical Review"
"Abundantly and helpfully illustrated, The Spacious Word skillfully
weaves the analysis of images and text to explore the subtle and
complex interactions between the different models and concepts of
space and . . . the selected texts demonstrate the manner in which
imperial ideals, aspirations and realities shaped and were served
by different forms and traditions of cartography. . . . The
Spacious Word is an insightful and undoubtedly original book, which
provides an illuminating new perspective on the development of the
Spanish imperial imagination and its associated understandings of
space."--Caroline E. Dodds "Canadian Journal of History"
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