ON BEHALF OF THE ANGLO-SAXON RACE: IMAGES OF THE AMERICAS IN THE TRAVEL WRITINGS OF SCIENTIFIC CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE U. S. EXPLORING EXPEDITION (1838-1842)

The article will discuss the images and representations of Latin America and North America regions found in the travel writings of the North American scientific circumnavigation expedition by the U.S. Exploring Expedition (1832-1842). I propose that the negatives images about part of Americas was b...

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Autor principal: JUNQUEIRA, Mary Anne
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Lenguaje:Portugués
Publicado: ISHiR/CONICET 2014
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Sumario:The article will discuss the images and representations of Latin America and North America regions found in the travel writings of the North American scientific circumnavigation expedition by the U.S. Exploring Expedition (1832-1842). I propose that the negatives images about part of Americas was based on the idea of the superiority of the Anglo-Saxon race that dominated circles in the United States in general, and the U. S. Navy in particular.