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Mapping Narrations - Narrating Maps : Concepts of the World in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period /

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This volume offers the author's central articles on the medieval and early modern history of cartography for the first time in English translation. A first group of essays gives an overview of medieval cartography and illustrates the methods of cartographers. Another analyzes world maps and tra...

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Main Author: Baumgärtner, Ingrid (Author)
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors: Gneckow, Daniel (Editor), Hollenbach, Anna (Editor), Landgrebe, Phillip (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Kalamazoo, MI : Medieval Institute Publications, [2022]
Series:Research in Medieval and Early Modern Culture ; 34
Subjects:
Cartography > History > To 1500.
Geography, Medieval.
Frühe Neuzeit.
Kartographie.
Mittelalter.
Reiseliteratur.
Géographie médiévale.
HISTORY / Medieval.
Cartography
Geography, Medieval
To 1500
Cartography.
Early Modern Culture.
Medieval Culture.
Travel Literature.
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This volume offers the author's central articles on the medieval and early modern history of cartography for the first time in English translation. A first group of essays gives an overview of medieval cartography and illustrates the methods of cartographers. Another analyzes world maps and travel accounts in relation to mapped spaces. A third examines land surveying, cartographical practices of exploration, and the production of Portolan atlases.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XIV, 386 pages).
ISBN:9781501516016
1501516019