Zir offers some very important insights into the problem of commensurability that will be useful to historians interested in early encounters, and his book constitutes a good introduction for historians to the work of Ian Hacking. ... Zir's book is thought-provoking and worth wrestling with.
Sixteenth Century Journal
How do we face those narratives about fantastic beings and ... Read moredeeds without reducing them to the anachronistic naturalistic view of modern official science?. . . .Zir comes up to the challenge, whose outcome, shared with the reader, culminates in a more realistic (if not neorealist) understanding of the fantastic.
Scientiae Studia
An enlightening interpretation of foundational documents, which will prove to be very helpful for students interested in the early global maritime expansions.
Confluencia
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