The world map, 1300-1492 : the persistence of tradition and transformation / Evelyn Edson.
Material type: TextPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press ; Sante Fe, New Mexico : Published in association with the Center for American Places, 2007Description: 1 online resource (313 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781421404301 (e-book)
- 910.9/023 22
- GA221 .E38 2007eb
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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