The world map, 1300-1492 : the persistence of tradition and transformation /
The world map, 1300-1492 : the persistence of tradition and transformation /
Evelyn Edson
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, cop. 2007
- (IX-300 p.)
Bibliogr. p. 277-292
Introduction : Andrea Bianco's three maps -- The world view of the mappamundi in the thirteenth century -- Marine charts and sailing directions -- Sea chart and mappamundi in the fourteenth century -- Merchants, missionaries, and travel writers -- The recovery of Ptolemy's Geography -- Fra Mauro : the debate on the map -- The persistence of tradition in fifteenth-century world maps -- The transformation of the world map -- Conclusion : The world map transformed.
910.9023
Bibliogr. p. 277-292
Introduction : Andrea Bianco's three maps -- The world view of the mappamundi in the thirteenth century -- Marine charts and sailing directions -- Sea chart and mappamundi in the fourteenth century -- Merchants, missionaries, and travel writers -- The recovery of Ptolemy's Geography -- Fra Mauro : the debate on the map -- The persistence of tradition in fifteenth-century world maps -- The transformation of the world map -- Conclusion : The world map transformed.
910.9023