[PDF.96py] The Mapmakers' World: A Cultural History of the European World Map

The Mapmakers' World: A Cultural History of the European World Map

[PDF.lm11] The Mapmakers' World: A Cultural History of the European World Map

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 | #1503753 in Books |  2015-11-15 |  2015-11-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  13.40 x1.30 x10.00l,5.80 | File type: PDF | 360 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| No new theses for the map scholar, but it serves as a fine introduction to the history of European cartography and exploration|By Gene Rhea Tucker|The Mapmakers’ World is a coffee-table–style book that aims for an educated readership, sort of a condensed, color-image–filled complement to various volumes of The History of Cartography by the Univer|About the Author|Marjo T. Nurminen (born 1967) is an archaeologist by education and specialises in the history of science. She has worked as a TV journalist at the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE for more than ten years, focusing on science and its popularisati

The Mapmakers’ World illuminates the fascinating cultural history of European world maps: what do historical world maps tell of us, of our perception of the world, and of places and peoples that are foreign to us? Who were the makers of these early world maps? How were the maps created and for whom were they drawn and printed? For what purposes were they used? What kind of information did they pass on? The answers to these questions open up a fascinating narrative ...

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