The Mapmakers' World: A Cultural History of the European World Map - Image 1

Price loading...

Casemate The Mapmakers' World: A Cultural History of the European World Map

Name: The Mapmakers' World: A Cultural History of the European World Map
Brand: Casemate

History

Price History & Forecast

No Price Data Available

Price history will appear here once data is collected from Amazon.

Price Distribution

No price data available for histogram

Description

The Mapmakers’ World illuminates the fascinating cultural history of European world maps: what do historical world maps tell of us, of our perception of the world, and of places and peoples that are foreign to us? Who were the makers of these early world maps? How were the maps created and for whom were they drawn and printed? For what purposes were they used? What kind of information did they pass on? The answers to these questions open up a fascinating narrative of discovery and cartography relating not only to ideology and political power but also the histories of art and science. Rigorously researched and informed by latest academic findings, The Mapmakers’ World is beautifully illustrated presenting some 300 maps from the world’s finest museums, libraries and private collections. The book gives us a revealing and captivating perspective on the development of European world maps from the Early Middle Ages up until the modern period, i.e. from the 8th century until the end of the 18th century. The Mapmakers’ World is a major work which ambitiously showcases all of the early European world map traditions: Medieval world maps (T-O maps, mappa mundis, Beatus maps, etc.); Ptolemy’s maps; seafarers’ maps (portolan charts, planispheres and nautical charts), printed world maps and globes from the pre-Renaissance through to the Baroque era. Furthermore, The Mapmakers’ World takes its readers through the history of European global discovery and cartographic research, and also brings to life the exciting times when many of these historical maps were first discovered in the 19th century, after centuries of oblivion. The volume includes dedicated features further exploring 100 of the most important cartographic masterpieces from the period. The book is written as an exciting, flowing narrative, rather than a catalogue or an encyclopedia, and it takes the reader on the ultimate voyage of discovery.

Key Features

Orders are despatched from our UK warehouse next working day.

Product Specifications

Brand: Casemate
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 191086000X
Category: Books > Subjects > Arts & Photography > History & Criticism > History
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 15 September 2015
Listed Since: 20 April 2015

Barcode

No barcode data available

Casemate The Mapmakers' World: A Cultural History of the European World Map

Price History & Forecast

No Price Data Available

Price Distribution

Description

Key Features

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Maps – Finding Our Place in the World

The History of Cartography V 3 – Cartography in the European Renaissance 2VSet (Slipcase): 03

Europa im Weltbild des Mittelalters: Kartographische Konzepte (Orbis Mediaevalis. Vorstellungswelten Des Mittelalters)

History of Cartography

The Library of Lost Maps

Maps and the Writing of Space in Early Modern England and Ireland

Stitching the World: Embroidered Maps and Women’s Geographical Education (Studies in Historical Geography)

Amsterdam University Press - Maritime World of Early Modern Britain

The World Map 1300–1492: The Persistence of Tradition and Transformation

The Europeans, Second Edition: A Geography of People, Culture, and Environment (Texts in Regional Geography)

World History: A Visual Journey From The Dawn Of Civilization To The 21st Century

Voyages in World History, International Edition

World History: Journeys from Past to Present

World History: A Visual Journey From The Dawn Of Civilization To The 21st Century

World History: A Visual Journey From The Dawn Of Civilization To The 21st Century

Map Worlds: A History of Women in Cartography

Traditions and Encounters with PowerWeb; MP

The European World 1500–1800: An Introduction to Early Modern History

Atlas der Weltbilder

Mapping Empires: Colonial Cartographies of Land and Sea: 7th International Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography, 2018 (Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography)

The History of Cartography V 1: Cartography in Prehistoric, Ancient, and Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean

Thinking with Maps: Understanding the World through Spatialization

Maps and the Internet

World History: Journeys from Past to Present