Author : M. P. R. van den Broecke
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,26 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Atlases
ISBN : 9789061943808
This revised edition contains corrections, extra information to date the charts more correctly, descriptions of the title page and a portrait of Ortelius.
Author : M. P. R. van den Broecke
Publisher : Brill
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 31,81 MB
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN :
With an introduction by Leon Voet, and with 20 contributions by Günter Schilder, Rodney Shirley, Dennis Reinhartz, H.A.M. van der Heijden, Marijke Spies and others.
Author : Paul Binding
Publisher : Headline Book Pub Limited
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 40,27 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780747230403
Published in Antwerp in 1570, the Theatrum orbis terrarum did something no previous book had done—it presented the world in all its component parts, offering the chance to see our planet as a place of staggering variety and ultimate unity. It was the world’s first atlas. Brainchild of Abraham Ortelius, the Theatrum reflected the enormous vitality of the era, the prevailing zest for exploration and discovery, and the linked activities of international commerce and mapmaking. Paul Binding has immersed himself in the Antwerp that produced Ortelius and his atlas, and he draws on a mass of letters, personal documents, maps, and pictures to bring it vividly to life. A masterly volume that stands as a tribute to the human need to impose order and reason on an all-too-turbulent world.
Author : Chet Van Duzer
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,24 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Cartography
ISBN : 9780712358903
The sea monsters on medieval and Renaissance maps, whether swimming vigorously, gamboling amid the waves, attacking ships, or simply displaying themselves for our appreciation, are one of the most visually engaging elements on these maps, and yet they have never been carefully studied. The subject is important not only in the history of cartography, art, and zoological illustration, but also in the history of the geography of the "marvelous" and of western conceptions of the ocean. Moreover, the sea monsters depicted on maps can supply important insights into the sources, influences, and methods of the cartographers who drew or painted them. In this highly-illustrated book the author analyzes the most important examples of sea monsters on medieval and Renaissance maps produced in Europe, beginning with the earliest mappaemundi on which they appear in the 10th century and continuing to the end of the 16th century.
Author : Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 16,22 MB
Release : 2007-10-17
Category : History
ISBN : 0393242471
"A brilliant and readable book…a rich study of humankind's restless spirit." —Candice Millard, New York Times Book Review Greeted with coast-to-coast acclaim on publication, Fernández-Armesto's ambitious history of world exploration sets a new standard. Presenting the subject for the first time on a truly global scale, Fernández-Armesto tracks the pathfinders who, over the past five millennia, lay down the routes of contact that have drawn together the farthest reaches of the world. The Wall Street Journal calls it "impressive...a huge story [told] with gusto and panache." To the Washington Post, "Pathfinders is propelled by an Argonaut of an author, indefatigable and daring. It's a wild ride." And in a front-page review, the Seattle Times hails its "tart and elegant presentation...full of surprises. Fernández-Armesto's lively mind, pithy phrasing, and stunningly thorough and diverse knowledge are a constant pleasure." A plenitude of illustrations and maps in color and black and white augment this rich history. In Pathfinders, winner of the 2007 World History Association Book Prize, we have a definitive treatment of a grand subject.
Author : Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division
Publisher :
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 11,38 MB
Release : 1975
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Anne Rooney
Publisher :
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 21,7 MB
Release : 2015-09
Category : Cartography
ISBN : 9781784048433
The number of people who love maps is growing. They are now very popular with the book-buying public. Among many other bits of information, this book reveals how the rules of cartography were drawn up and how people worked out the dimensions of the world.
Author : John H. Lienhard
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 36,18 MB
Release : 2003-04-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195167313
This book explores the nature of creativity in engineering and technology, and how it relates to creativity in art or science. Lienhard has for ten years done a twice-weekly radio show, carried on about 35 NPR stations, consisting of 3-minute essays on technology. He uses the substance of selected segments of his radio program to create a continuous narrative presenting his insights on technological creativity. This book has the same title as his radio program, to further draw the attention of his one million listeners.
Author : Gerald Roe Crone
Publisher :
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 23,24 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Reference
ISBN :
Author : Maryanne Cline Horowitz
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 17,42 MB
Release : 2020-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9004438033
An exploration of the ways early modern European artists have visualized continents through the female (sometimes male) body to express their perceptions of newly encountered peoples. Often stereotypical, these personifications are however more complex than what they seem.
