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The world map, 1300-1492 : the persistence of tradition and transformation
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The world map, 1300-1492 : the persistence of tradition and transformation

Evelyn Edson

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Introduction : Andrea Bianco's three maps
The world view of the mappamundi in the thirteenth century
Marine charts and sailing directions
Sea chart and mappamundi in the fourteenth century
Merchants, missionaries, and travel writers
The recovery of Ptolemy's Geography
Fra Mauro : the debate on the map
The persistence of tradition in fifteenth-century world maps
The transformation of the world map
Conclusion : The world map transformed.

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The world map, 1300-1492 : the persistence of tradition and transformation by Evelyn Edson. ISBN 9780801885891. Published by Johns Hopkins University Press in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.

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