| Description |
128 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 126) and index. |
| Summary |
Illustrating the changing shape of the Americas as Renaissance cartographers (working from ancient and medieval sources) learned more of the New World, this collection is the third in a series produced by Scala, which showcases the core collections of the American Museum in Britain. Spurred on by thoughts of treasure - particularly gold, silver, gems and spices - European travellers changed the shape of the New World as they mapped the Americas from the 15th to the 17th centuries. Whereas medieval maps illustrated theology rather than geography, the Renaissance revived the classical discipline of scientifically mapping land mass. Such precision was entirely practical: only by exact measurement could the rich New World territories be claimed, plundered and ruled by its Old World conquerors -- Source other than Library of Congress. |
| Subject |
American Museum in Britain -- Catalogs.
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American Museum Bath.
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Cartography -- History -- Catalogs.
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Early maps -- Catalogs.
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Amerika.
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Karte.
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Kartographie.
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General.
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America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 -- Catalogs.
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| Added Author |
Beresford, Laura, author.
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American Museum in Britain, issuing body.
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| Added Title |
Renaissance maps from the American Museum in Britain |
| ISBN |
9781857598223 |
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1857598229 |
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