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Contents

Foreword j. CARTER BROWN 9
Lenders to the exhibition 11
Contributors to the catalogue 13

The Realms of Pride and Awe DANIEL J. BOORSTIN 15
Circa 1492: History and Art JAY A. LEVENSON 19
Acknowledgments 22

I,

EUROPE AND THE

MEDITERRANEAN WORLD

OBSERVATIONS AND BELIEFS:
THE WORLD OF THE CATALAN ATLAS 27
Jean Michel Massing

PORTUGUESE NAVIGATION:
ITS HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT 35
Luis de Albuquerque

SPAIN IN THE AGE OF EXPLORATION:
CROSSROADS OF ARTISTIC CULTURES 41
Jonathan Brown

SCULPTURE IN CASTILE c. 1492 51
J. J. Martin Gonzalez

THE SPAIN OF FERDINAND
AND ISABELLA 55
Richard Kagan

THE ART OF WESTERN AFRICA IN THE
AGE OF EXPLORATION 63
Ezio Bassani

THE GORGEOUS EAST': TRADE AND
TRIBUTE IN THE ISLAMIC EMPIRES 69
J. Michael Rogers

PICTURING THE LEVANT 77

cat. 123 Julian Raby