Mapping an Atlantic world, circa 1500 / Alida C. Metcalf.

Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.

©2020

xiii, 224 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 25 cm

"The year 1500, Metcalf argues, was a turning point in Europeans' understanding of their world in relation to the Atlantic Ocean. In the sixteenth century, cartographers began to conceptualize-and present to the public-an interconnected Atlantic World that was open and navigable, in contrast with the mysterious ocean that had blocked off the Western hemisphere before Columbus. The author contends that early modern cartographers were significant agents in the intellectual history of the Atlantic World"-- Provided by publisher.

English

December 08, 2020

Includes bibliographical references (pages [143]-215) and index.