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Ships on Maps : Pictures of Power in Renaissance Europe /

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Renaissance map-makers produced ever more accurate descriptions of geography, which were also beautiful works of art. They filled the oceans Europeans were exploring with ships and to describe the real ships which were the newest and best products of technology. Above all the ships were there to sho...

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Main Author: Unger, Richard W. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Series:Early modern history (Palgrave (Firm))
Subjects:
History.
Economic History.
European History.
History of Early Modern Europe.
Imperialism and Colonialism.
Modern History.
Social History.
Economic history.
History, Modern.
Imperialism.
Social history.
Europe > History-1492-
Europe > History.
Electronic books.
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Summary:Renaissance map-makers produced ever more accurate descriptions of geography, which were also beautiful works of art. They filled the oceans Europeans were exploring with ships and to describe the real ships which were the newest and best products of technology. Above all the ships were there to show the European conquest of the seas of the world.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XXIII, 233 pages)
ISBN:9780230282162
DOI:10.1057/9780230282162