Title The Mirror of the worlde / a translation by Elizabeth Tanfield Cary ; edited and with an introduction by Lesley Peterson.

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Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill Queens Univ, 2012.

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Description	1 online resource (x, 248 pages)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction Early Encounters with the World: Elizabeth Tanfield and Her Work -- The Translator's "Pregnancy of Understanding": Elizabeth Tanfield's Style -- The Translator in the Priory: Influences and Contexts -- Note on the Text -- The Mirror of the Worlde (text and annotations) -- Appendix A Summary of all French Editions of Ortelius Printed by 1602 225 -- Appendix B Comparison of the Contents of The Mirror of the Worlde with the Contents of the 1590 Epitome and the 1598 Miroir -- Appendix C Complete Text of L'Epitome's Descriptions of "Lucembourg" (34v) and "Haynault" (35v).
Summary	An authoritative and comprehensive edition of the first known English translation of the first atlas of the world.
Note	Print version record.
Subject	Cary, Elizabeth, Lady, 1585 or 1586-1639.
	Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598.
	Cary, Elizabeth, Lady, 1585 or 1586-1639. (OCoLC)fst01811653
	Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598. (OCoLC)fst00000509
	Atlases -- Early works to 1800.
	World maps -- Early works to 1800.
	REFERENCE -- Atlases & Gazetteers.
	TRAVEL -- Maps & Road Atlases.
	LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
	Atlases. (OCoLC)fst00820246
	World maps. (OCoLC)fst01181367
Genre/Form	Early works. (OCoLC)fst01411636
Added Author	Peterson, Lesley.
Other Form:	Print version: Mirror of the Worlde. McGill Queens Univ 2012 9780773540729 (OCoLC)793221994
ISBN	9780773587731 (electronic bk.)
	077358773X (electronic bk.)

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