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The world map, 1300-1492 : the persistence of tradition and transformation
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The world map, 1300-1492 : the persistence of tradition and transformation / Evelyn Edson.
ISBN
9780801885891 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0801885892 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781421404301 (e-book)
Publication
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press ; Sante Fe, New Mexico : Published in association with the Center for American Places, 2007.
Physical Description
1 online resource (313 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Print version: Edson, Evelyn. World map, 1300-1492 : the persistence of tradition and transformation. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 04, 2016
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-292) and index.
Contents
Introduction : Andrea Bianco's three maps
The world view of the mappamundi in the thirteenth century
Marine charts and sailing directions
Sea chart and mappamundi in the fourteenth century
Merchants, missionaries, and travel writers
The recovery of Ptolemy's Geography
Fra Mauro : the debate on the map
The persistence of tradition in fifteenth-century world maps
The transformation of the world map
Conclusion : The world map transformed.
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