Far From the Truth : Distance, Information, and Credibility in the Early Modern World (Paperback)

Introduction - van Groesen and Muller / 1. Reports from the Edges of Iberian Empire ? Blackmore / 2. Distance and Credibility in Sixteenth-Century Travel Writing: Discovery, Text, and Truth in Varthema, Vespucci, and Pigafetta ? Rubies / 3. Copies with Wings: Bridging Distances by Printing the Familiar ? Leitch / 4. The Philippines: Islands of the Mind ? Padron / 5. Knowledge and Its Opposite: Antiquity, Parody, and Geographical Distance in Gabriel Rollenhagen’s Four Indian Voyages ? Muller / 6. “I Am Giving You As Much As I Have”: Distance and Credibility in Theophraste Renaudot’s Gazette - van Groesen / 7. Contracting Trust? The Many Lives of Afro-European Treaties ? Brauner / 8. Joseph Williamson and the Information Order of the Early English Empire ? Popper / 9. Emotions as Guide to Untrustworthiness: John Lockman’s Struggle with What He Could Not Check ? Durr / Epilogue ? Ogborn.