The Fourth Part of the World
The Race to the Ends of the Earth, and the Epic Story of the Map That Gave America Its Name
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A chronicle of the early sixteenth-century creation of the Waldseemüller map offers insight into how monks, classicists, merchants, and other contributors from earlier periods shaped the map's creation.
Publisher:
New York, NY - Free Press
Pages:
462
Edition:
1st Free Press hardcover ed
ISBN:
1416535314, 9781416535317
Language:
English
Contents:
Awakening
Old World. Matthew's maps ; Scourge of God ; The description of the world ; through the Ocean Sea ; Seeing is believing
New World. Rediscovery ; Ptolemy the Wise ; the Florentine perspective ; Terrae incognitae ; Into African climes ; The learned men ; Cape of Storms ; Colombo ; The Admiral ; Christ-bearer ; Amerigo
The whole world. Gymnasium ; World without end ; Afterworld
The way of the world
Appendix. The Stevens-Brown map
Old World. Matthew's maps ; Scourge of God ; The description of the world ; through the Ocean Sea ; Seeing is believing
New World. Rediscovery ; Ptolemy the Wise ; the Florentine perspective ; Terrae incognitae ; Into African climes ; The learned men ; Cape of Storms ; Colombo ; The Admiral ; Christ-bearer ; Amerigo
The whole world. Gymnasium ; World without end ; Afterworld
The way of the world
Appendix. The Stevens-Brown map
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-435) and index
Statement of responsibility:
Toby Lester
Physical description:
xii, 462 p. : ill, maps ; 23 cm
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