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World Map, 1300-1492:

The Persistence of Tradition and Transformation
  • ISBN-13: 9780801885891
  • Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Evelyn Edson
  • Price: AUD $124.00
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  • Local release date: 01/07/2007
  • Format: Hardback 312 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: European history [HBJD]
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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, mapmakers used a careful blend of the old and the new to depict a world that was changing—and growing—before their eyes. This engaging and informative study reveals how the ingenuity, creativity, and adaptability of these craftsmen helped pave the way for an age of discovery.

PrefaceIntroduction: Andrea Bianco's Three Maps1. The World View of the Mappamundi in the Thirteenth Century2. Marine Charts and Sailing Directions3. Sea Chart and Mappamundi in the Fourteenth Century4. Merchants, Missionaries, and Travel Writers5. The Recovery of Ptolemy's Geography6. Fra Mauro: The Debate on the Map7. The Persistence of Tradition in Fifteenth-Century World Maps8. The Transformation of the World MapConclusion: The World Map TransformedNotesBibliographyIndex

""A comprehensive and complex picture of the changing face of medieval geography. With the mastery of a formidable palette of historiographic knowledge and well-reasoned discussions of the sources, The World Map, 1300GÇô1492 will certainly remain an important work to consult for both medieval and early modern scholars for many years to come.""

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