Format:
vii, 150 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:
9783030227029
Content:
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 sources. The "Carta marina" is the result of Waldseemüller's radical reevaluation 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
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783030227036
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Van Duzer, Chet Martin Waldseemüller’s 'Carta marina' of 1516 Cham : Springer Nature, 2020 ISBN 9783030227036
Language:
English
Keywords:
Waldseemüller, Martin 1470-1520 Carta marina navigatoria
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-030-22703-6
URL:
https://nb-helveticat.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/delivery/41SNL_51_INST:helveticat/12176188060003976?lang=de
Author information:
Van Duzer, Chet A. 1966-
Author information:
Waldseemüller, Martin 1470-1520
