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The Naming of America

Author : Martin Waldseemüller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Naming of America written by Martin Waldseemüller and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new book features a facsimile of the 1507 World Map by Martin Waldseemuller - the first map ever to display the name America - and tells the fascinating story behind its creation in 16th-century France and rediscovery 300 years later in the library of Wolfegg Castle, Germany, in 1901. It also includes a completely new translation and commentary to Martin Waldseemuller and Matthias Ringmann's seminal cartographic text, the Cosmographiae Introductio, which originally accompanied the World Map. John Hessler considers answers to some of the key questions raised by the map's representation of the New World, including "How was it possible for a small group of cartographers to have produced a view of the world so radical for its time and so close to the one we recognize today?"; and "What evidence did they possess to show the existence of the Pacific Ocean when neither Vasco Nunez de Balboa nor Ferdinand Magellan had yet reached it'." There are no easy answers, and yet, as this fascinating book reveals, this group of unknowns created some of the most important maps in the history of cartography, and afford us a glimpse into an age when accepted scientific and geographic principles fell away, spawning the birth of modernity.

The Cosmographia of Sebastian Münster

Author : Dr Matthew McLean
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1409479811
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book The Cosmographia of Sebastian Münster written by Dr Matthew McLean and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-06-28 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia was an immensely influential book that attempted to describe the entire world across all of human history and analyse its constituent elements of geography, history, ethnography, zoology and botany. First published in 1544 it went through thirty-five editions and was published in five languages, making it one of the most important books of the Reformation period. Beginning with a biographical study of Sebastian Münster, his life and the range of his scholarly work, this book then moves on to discuss the genre of cosmography. The bulk of the book, however, deals with the Cosmographia itself, offering a close reading of the 1550 Latin edition (the last and definitive edition worked upon by Münster). By analysing the contents of the Cosmographia it attempts to recreate how the world of the sixteenth century appeared to a scholar living in Basel, and understand what he saw and heard. Through this examination of Münster, his publications and scholarly networks, the conflicts and continuities between medieval scholarly traditions and the widening horizons of the sixteenth century are explored and revealed. Of interest to scholars of humanist culture, the Reformation and book history, this ambitious work throws into relief previously overlooked aspects of the intellectual and religious culture of the time.

Amerigo Vespucci: the Historical Context of His Explorations and Scientific Contribution

Author : P. D. Omodeo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788869694035
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (94 download)

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The Cosmographia of Bernardus Silvestris

Author : Bernardus Silvestris
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231513562
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book The Cosmographia of Bernardus Silvestris written by Bernardus Silvestris and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1990-11-26 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cosmographia of Bernardus Silvestris

Mapping Latin America

Author : Jordana Dym
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226921816
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (269 download)

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Download or read book Mapping Latin America written by Jordana Dym and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many, a map is nothing more than a tool used to determine the location or distribution of something—a country, a city, or a natural resource. But maps reveal much more: to really read a map means to examine what it shows and what it doesn’t, and to ask who made it, why, and for whom. The contributors to this new volume ask these sorts of questions about maps of Latin America, and in doing so illuminate the ways cartography has helped to shape this region from the Rio Grande to Patagonia. In Mapping Latin America,Jordana Dym and Karl Offen bring together scholars from a wide range of disciplines to examine and interpret more than five centuries of Latin American maps.Individual chapters take on maps of every size and scale and from a wide variety of mapmakers—from the hand-drawn maps of Native Americans, to those by famed explorers such as Alexander von Humboldt, to those produced in today’s newspapers and magazines for the general public. The maps collected here, and the interpretations that accompany them, provide an excellent source to help readers better understand how Latin American countries, regions, provinces, and municipalities came to be defined, measured, organized, occupied, settled, disputed, and understood—that is, how they came to have specific meanings to specific people at specific moments in time. The first book to deal with the broad sweep of mapping activities across Latin America, this lavishly illustrated volume will be required reading for students and scholars of geography and Latin American history, and anyone interested in understanding the significance of maps in human cultures and societies.

Catalogue of the Early Printed Books Bequeathed to the Museum by Frank McClean, M.A., F.R,S.

Author : Fitzwilliam Museum. Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Catalogue of the Early Printed Books Bequeathed to the Museum by Frank McClean, M.A., F.R,S. written by Fitzwilliam Museum. Library and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Cambridge Modern History

Author : Ernest Alfred Benians
Publisher : Cambridge : University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 874 pages
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Download or read book The Cambridge Modern History written by Ernest Alfred Benians and published by Cambridge : University Press. This book was released on 1907 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Cambridge Modern History" is a comprehensive modern history of the world, beginning with the 15th century age of Discovery, published by the Cambridge University Press in the United Kingdom and also in the United States.

Martin Waldseemüller’s 'Carta marina' of 1516

Author : Chet Van Duzer
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030227030
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Martin Waldseemüller’s 'Carta marina' of 1516 written by Chet Van Duzer and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-10-09 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book presents the first detailed study of one of the most important masterpieces of Renaissance cartography, Martin Waldseemüller’s Carta marina of 1516. By transcribing, translating into English, and detailing the sources of all of the descriptive texts on the map, as well as the sources of many of the images, the book makes the map available to scholars in a wholly unprecedented way. In addition, the book provides revealing insights into how Waldseemüller went about making the map -- information that can’t be found in any other source. The Carta marina is the result of Waldseemüller’s radical re-evaluation of what a world map should be; he essentially started from scratch when he created it, rejecting the Ptolemaic model and other sources he had used in creating his 1507 map, and added more descriptive texts and a wealth of illustrations. Given its content, the book offers an essential reference work not only on this map, but also for anyone working in sixteenth-century European cartography.

The Cambridge Modern History

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book The Cambridge Modern History written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Widener Library Shelflist: American history

Author : Harvard University. Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 998 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Widener Library Shelflist: American history written by Harvard University. Library and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 998 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Geography of Claudius Ptolemy

Author : Claudius Ptolemy
Publisher : Cosimo Classics
ISBN 13 : 9781605204383
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Geography of Claudius Ptolemy written by Claudius Ptolemy and published by Cosimo Classics. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geography of Claudius Ptolemy, originally titled Geographia and written in the second century, is a depiction of the geography of the Roman Empire at the time. Though inaccurate due to Ptolemy's varying methods of measurement and use of outdated data, Geography of Claudius Ptolemy is nonetheless an excellent example of ancient geographical study and scientific method. This edition contains more than 40 maps and illustrations, reproduced based on Ptolemy's original manuscript. It remains a fascinating read for students of scientific history and Greek influence. CLAUDIUS PTOLEMY (A.D. 90- A.D. 168) was a poet, mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, and geographer who wrote in Greek, though he was a Roman citizen. He is most well-known for three scientific treatises he wrote on astronomy, astrology, and geography, respectively titled Almagest, Apotelesmatika, and Geographia. His work influenced early Islamic and European studies, which in turn influenced much of the modern world. Ptolemy died in Alexandria as a member of Greek society.

Catalogue of the Historical Library of Andrew Dickson White ...

Author : Cornell University. Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book Catalogue of the Historical Library of Andrew Dickson White ... written by Cornell University. Library and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotated author catalogue with subject entries under person and place. Comp. by George Lincoln Burr, W.H. Hudson and A.V. Babine.

Ptolemy's Almagest

Author : Ptolemy
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691002606
Total Pages : 712 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Ptolemy's Almagest written by Ptolemy and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1998-11-08 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ptolemy's Almagest is one of the most influential scientific works in history. A masterpiece of technical exposition, it was the basic textbook of astronomy for more than a thousand years, and still is the main source for our knowledge of ancient astronomy. This translation, based on the standard Greek text of Heiberg, makes the work accessible to English readers in an intelligible and reliable form. It contains numerous corrections derived from medieval Arabic translations and extensive footnotes that take account of the great progress in understanding the work made in this century, due to the discovery of Babylonian records and other researches. It is designed to stand by itself as an interpretation of the original, but it will also be useful as an aid to reading the Greek text.

Fitzwilliam Museum

Author : Charles Edward Sayle (bibliothécaire).)
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fitzwilliam Museum written by Charles Edward Sayle (bibliothécaire).) and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 2009 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

American History

Author : Harvard University. Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1000 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book American History written by Harvard University. Library and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 1000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Human Dispersal and Species Movement

Author : Nicole Boivin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316738264
Total Pages : 573 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (167 download)

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Download or read book Human Dispersal and Species Movement written by Nicole Boivin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-05-27 with total page 573 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How have humans colonised the entire planet and reshaped its ecosystems in the process? This unique and groundbreaking collection of essays explores human movement through time, the impacts of these movements on landscapes and other species, and the ways in which species have co-evolved and transformed each other as a result. Exploring the spread of people, plants, animals, and diseases through processes of migration, colonisation, trade and travel, it assembles a broad array of case studies from the Pliocene to the present. The contributors from disciplines across the humanities and natural sciences are senior or established scholars in the fields of human evolution, archaeology, history, and geography.

De Sphaera of Johannes de Sacrobosco in the Early Modern Period

Author : Matteo Valleriani
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030308332
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book De Sphaera of Johannes de Sacrobosco in the Early Modern Period written by Matteo Valleriani and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book explores commentaries on an influential text of pre-Copernican astronomy in Europe. It features essays that take a close look at key intellectuals and how they engaged with the main ideas of this qualitative introduction to geocentric cosmology. Johannes de Sacrobosco compiled his Tractatus de sphaera during the thirteenth century in the frame of his teaching activities at the then recently founded University of Paris. It soon became a mandatory text all over Europe. As a result, a tradition of commentaries to the text was soon established and flourished until the second half of the 17th century. Here, readers will find an informative overview of these commentaries complete with a rich context. The essays explore the educational and social backgrounds of the writers. They also detail how their careers developed after the publication of their commentaries, the institutions and patrons they were affiliated with, what their agenda was, and whether and how they actually accomplished it. The editor of this collection considers these scientific commentaries as genuine scientific works. The contributors investigate them here not only in reference to the work on which it comments but also, and especially, as independent scientific contributions that are socially, institutionally, and intellectually contextualized around their authors.