Geography, Cartography and Nautical Science in the Renaissance : The Impact of the Great Discoveries
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Variorum Collected Studies
ISBN-10
0860788369
ISBN-13
9780860788362
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 30th, 2000
Print length
370 Pages
Weight
654 grams
Dimensions
22.80 x 16.00 x 2.20 cms
Ksh 29,800.00
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An analysis of the transformation of the mediaeval European image of the world in the period following the great discoveries of the 15th and 16th centuries. It focuses on geography, cartography and nautical science, addressing topics such as the concept of the terraqueous globe.
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.
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