Geography, Cartography and Nautical Science in the Renaissance: The Impact of the Great Discoveries (Variorum Collected Studies)
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- Synopsis
- The transformation of the medieval European image of the world in the period following the Great Discoveries of the 15th and 16th centuries is the subject of this volume. The first studies deal specifically with the emergence of the concept of the terraqueous globe. In the following pieces Dr Randles looks at the advances in Portuguese navigation and cartography that helped sailors overcome the obstacles to the circumnavigation of Africa and the crossing of the Atlantic, and at the impact of the Discoveries on European culture and science. Other articles are concerned with Portuguese naval artillery, and with attempts to classify the indigenous societies of the newly-discovered lands and to map the interior of Africa.
- Copyright:
- 2000
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 370 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781000553239
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780860788362, 9781003110323
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Date of Addition:
- 01/27/22
- Copyrighted By:
- W.G.L. Randies
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.