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The World Map, 1300–1492: The Persistence of Tradition and Transformation
Evelyn Edson
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Description for The World Map, 1300–1492: The Persistence of Tradition and Transformation
Hardback. This engaging and informative study reveals how the ingenuity, creativity, and adaptability of these craftsmen helped pave the way for an age of discovery. Num Pages: 312 pages, 38, 35 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3H; HBTB; PDX; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 169 x 242 x 29. Weight in Grams: 594.
In the two centuries before Columbus, mapmaking was transformed. The World Map, 1300-1492 investigates this important, transitional period of mapmaking. Beginning with a 1436 atlas of ten maps produced by Venetian Andrea Bianco, Evelyn Edson uses maps of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries to examine how the discoveries of missionaries and merchants affected the content and configuration of world maps. She finds that both the makers and users of maps struggled with changes brought about by technological innovation-the compass, quadrant, and astrolabe-rediscovery of classical mapmaking approaches, and increased travel. To reconcile the tensions between the conservative and progressive worldviews, ... Read more
In the two centuries before Columbus, mapmaking was transformed. The World Map, 1300-1492 investigates this important, transitional period of mapmaking. Beginning with a 1436 atlas of ten maps produced by Venetian Andrea Bianco, Evelyn Edson uses maps of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries to examine how the discoveries of missionaries and merchants affected the content and configuration of world maps. She finds that both the makers and users of maps struggled with changes brought about by technological innovation-the compass, quadrant, and astrolabe-rediscovery of classical mapmaking approaches, and increased travel. To reconcile the tensions between the conservative and progressive worldviews, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801885891
SKU
V9780801885891
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About Evelyn Edson
Evelyn Edson recently retired as professor of history at Piedmont Virginia Community College. She is the author of Mapping Time and Space: How Medieval Mapmakers Viewed Their World.
Reviews for The World Map, 1300–1492: The Persistence of Tradition and Transformation
A fine, unusual perspective of world history and cartographic influences. Midwest Book Review Attorneys who study maps either for work or pleasure - and many do - will enjoy Professor Evelyn Edson's The World Map, 1300-1492.
Henry S. Cohn Federal Lawyer A work of thoughtful design and fascinating narrative. Choice Marvelous book.
Tom Conley Portolan Edson has re-balanced ... Read more
Henry S. Cohn Federal Lawyer A work of thoughtful design and fascinating narrative. Choice Marvelous book.
Tom Conley Portolan Edson has re-balanced ... Read more