The Mapmakers' Quest: Depicting New Worlds in Renaissance Europe - Rilegato

Buisseret, David

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ISBN 10: 019210053X ISBN 13: 9780192100535

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 2003

Riassunto

In 1400 Europe was behind large parts of the world in its understanding of the use of maps. For instance, the people gf China and of Japan were considerably more advanced in this respect. And yet, by 1600 the Europeans had come to use maps for a huge variety of tasks, and were far ahead of the rest of the world in their appreciation of the power and use of cartography. The Mapmakers' Quest seeks to understand this development - not only to tease out the strands of thought and practice which led to the use of maps, but also to assess the ways in which such use affected European societies and economies. Taking as a starting point the question of why there were so few maps in Europe in 1400 and so many by 1650, the book explores the reasons for this and its implications for European history. It examines, inter al, how mapping and military technology advanced in tandem, how modern states' territories were mapped and borders drawn up, the role of maps in shaping the urban environment, and cartography's links to the new sciences.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

David Buisseret is Professor of the History of Cartography at the University of Texas at Arlington. He is a former director of the Center for Cartography at the University of Chicago. His books includeFrom Sea Charts to Satellite Images: Interpreting North American History Through Maps.

Product Description:

Physical description; xxi, 227 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 17 x 24 cm. Subject; Cartography - Europe - History.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: OUP Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 019210053X
• ISBN 13: 9780192100535
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 250