Show Notes
In today’s episode, Dr Amy Fuller is joined by Dr Surekha Davies, a historian whose research has focused on the history of Europe’s encounters with the Americas; the history of cartography; environmental thought; and what the idea of the ‘monster’ can tell us about humanity. Her latest book, Humans: A Monstrous History came out last year.
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