Martin Waldseemuller’s 'Carta marina' of 1516 : Study and Transcription of the Long Legends
2020 ed.
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
3030227022
ISBN-13
9783030227029
Edition
2020 ed.
Publisher
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of Manufacture
CH
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 22nd, 2019
Print length
150 Pages
Weight
702 grams
Dimensions
21.40 x 28.60 x 0.90 cms
Ksh 8,100.00
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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.
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.
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