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Item Details
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IMAGINED CORNERS
EXPLORING THE WORLD'S FIRST ATLAS |
| By: |
Paul Binding |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0747230404 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780747230403 |
| Publisher: |
HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP |
| Pub. date: |
1 August, 2003 |
| Pages: |
320 |
| Description: |
Published in Antwerp in 1570, the "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" did something no previous book had done: here was the world in all its component parts. Paul Binding introduces its author, Abraham Ortelius, and examines the economic, cultural, religious and political backdrop to his atlas. |
| Synopsis: |
Published in Antwerp in 1570, the "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" did something no previous book had done: here was the world in all its component parts, the chance to see out planet as a place of staggering variety and ultimate unity. The world's first-ever atlas was the brain-child of Abraham Ortelius; it reflected the great vitality of the era, the prevailing zest for exploration and discovery and the linked activities of commerce and map-making. It was a work born of collaborative friendships: Ortelius' circle included two key figures of the age - printer Christophe Plantin and geographer Gerard Mercator. and brings vividly to life the Antwerp that produced Ortelius and his momentous work. |
| Illustrations: |
60 colour illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Headline Review |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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