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

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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

Other Title

L'atelier du cosmographe

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Note

Bibliography: p. [180]-186

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

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.

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  • NCID
    BA23751786
  • ISBN
    • 9780745611471
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    fre
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge, UK
  • Pages/Volumes
    xvii, 197 p., [8] p. of plates
  • Size
    24 cm
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