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MAPPING THE RENAISSANCE WORLD
THE GEOGRAPHICAL IMAGINATION IN THE AGE OF DISCOVERY |
By: |
Frank Lestringant, Stephen Greenblatt (Foreword) |
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Hardback |
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ISBN 10: |
0745611478 |
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9780745611471 |
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Publisher: |
POLITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
1 September, 1994 |
Pages: |
216 |
Translated from: |
French |
Description: |
* This is an original and engaging account of the ways in which the discovery of the new world altered the world-view of Europeans during the Renaissance* The author is one of the best young historians in France today. . |
Synopsis: |
This book focuses on the work of the great sixteenth-century traveller and map-maker Andre Thevat and explores the interrelations between representation and power in the age of discovery. |
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UK |
Imprint: |
Polity Press |
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