Mapping an Atlantic world, circa 1500
"The year 1500, Metcalf argues, was a turning point in Europeans' understanding of their world in relation to the Atlantic Ocean. In the sixteenth century, cartographers began to conceptualize-and present to the public-an interconnected Atlantic World that was open and navigable, in contrast with the mysterious ocean that had blocked off the Western hemisphere before Columbus. The author contends that early modern cartographers were significant agents in the intellectual history of the Atlantic…
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- Full title :Mapping an Atlantic world, circa 1500 / Alida C. Metcalf.
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"The year 1500, Metcalf argues, was a turning point in Europeans' understanding of their world in relation to the Atlantic Ocean. In the sixteenth century, cartographers began to conceptualize-and present to the public-an interconnected Atlantic World that was open and navigable, in contrast with the mysterious ocean that had blocked off the Western hemisphere before Columbus. The author contends that early modern cartographers were significant agents in the intellectual history of the Atlantic World"--
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- Publication Date:©2020
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Johns Hopkins University Press
- Place of Publication:Baltimore, Maryland
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2020
The Physical Object
- Description:xiii, 224 pages, 8 pages of color plates : : illustrations, maps (some color) ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781421438528, 1421438526
- oclc:on1140701538
- LC Classification:GA368
- Dewey Decimal:526.09182/109031
Table of Contents
The Atlantic on the periphery -- The year 1500 -- Chartmakers -- From manuscript to print -- Parrots and trees -- The cannibal scene.
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