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Maps of paradise /

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Scafi guides readers from late antiquity to the present, describing each society's vision of paradise and revealing how each struggled to translate these visions into map form. He pays particular attention to maps from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, a period that witnessed a remarkable evo...

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Main Author:	Scafi, Alessandro (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Subjects:	Paradise > Maps. Geographical myths. Paradise > Comparative studies.

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