The world map, 1300-1492 : the persistence of tradition and transformation / Evelyn Edson.

Author/creator Edson, Evelyn
Format Book
Publication InfoBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press ; Sante Fe, N.M. : Published in association with the Center for American Places, 2007.
Descriptionix, 300 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [277]-292) and index.
LCCN 2006030067
ISBN9780801885891 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0801885892 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks GA221 .E38 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold