Mapping an Atlantic world: circa 1500
The Atlantic Ocean on the periphery -- 1500 -- Chartmakers -- The fourth part of the world -- Parrots and trees -- The cannibalist scene. "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 hemisphe…
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- Full title :Mapping an Atlantic world : circa 1500 / Alida C. Metcalf.
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The Atlantic Ocean on the periphery -- 1500 -- Chartmakers -- The fourth part of the world -- Parrots and trees -- The cannibalist scene.
"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"
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2020
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Johns Hopkins University Press
- Place of Publication:Baltimore, Maryland
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2020
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Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 183-215.
The Physical Object
- Description:xiii, 224 Seiten, 8 ungezählte Seiten
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781421438528, 1421438526
- oclc:on1154064810
- LC Classification:GA368
- Dewey Decimal:526.09182/109031
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