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

By: Edson, Evelyn [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Baltimore : Sante Fe, New Mexico : Johns Hopkins University Press ; Published in association with the Center for American Places, 2007Description: 1 online resource (313 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781421404301Subject(s): Geography, Medieval | Geography -- History -- 15th century | Cartography -- History | Early mapsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: World map, 1300-1492 : the persistence of tradition and transformation.DDC classification: 910.9/023 LOC classification: GA221 | .E38 2007Online resources: Click to View
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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Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-292) and index.

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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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