Cultural trade between the Southern Netherlands and New Spain. A history of transatlantic book circuits and book consumption in the early modern age. KU Leuven
The contribution of prints to the European expansion and the globalisation of the Early Modern world can hardly be overestimated. Theknowledge of other continents circulated in Europe almost exclusively inthe shape of printed books and engravings. On the other side, the printed book was the medium by excellence by which European knowledge was taken to the most remote parts of the earth. Printing houses in the Southern Netherlands played an ...