Mapping the Renaissance world : the geographical imagination in the age of discovery

書誌事項

Mapping the Renaissance world : the geographical imagination in the age of discovery

Frank Lestringant ; translated by David Fausett ; with a foreword by Stephen Greenblatt

Polity, c1994

タイトル別名

L'atelier du cosmographe

大学図書館所蔵 件 / 27

この図書・雑誌をさがす

注記

Bibliography: p. [180]-186

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

This book focuses on the work of the great sixteenth-century traveller and map-maker Andre Thevat and explores the interrelations between representation and power in the age of discovery.

目次

Translator's Preface. Introduction: Renaissance and Cosmography. 1. The Cosmographical Model. 2. Ancient Lessons: A Bookish Orient. 3. Mythologics: The Invention of Brazil. 4. Mythologics II: Amazons and Monarchs. 5. Cartographics: An Experience of the World and an Experiment on the World. Epilogue: The End of Cosmography. Appendices. Notes. Index.

「Nielsen BookData」 より

詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA23751786
  • ISBN
    • 9780745611471
  • 出版国コード
    uk
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 原本言語コード
    fre
  • 出版地
    Cambridge, UK
  • ページ数/冊数
    xvii, 197 p., [8] p. of plates
  • 大きさ
    24 cm
  • 分類
  • 件名
ページトップへ