Mapping Narrations – Narrating Maps

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, illustrating the methods of cartographers. Another analyzes world maps and travel acc...

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Autor principal: Baumgärtner, Ingrid
Formato: Online
Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: De Gruyter 2022
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Acceso en línea:ONIX_20220706_9781501516016_49
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Sumario: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, illustrating 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.