Author: Arthur Lee Humphreys
Publisher: London : Halton & Truscott Smith
ISBN:
Category : Atlases
Languages : en
Pages : 312

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Author: Carl Moreland
Publisher: Phaidon Incorporated Limited
ISBN: 9780714829548
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 326

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A standard reference work and collector's guide to old maps. Antique Maps is now firmly established as a definitive reference work. With extensive information on the general historical background, details of all the major map-makers and practical advice on collecting old maps, it provides an excellent introduction for the beginner as well as a mass of precise and clearly organized information for the expert and the serious collector. A beautiful edition in itself, this timeless volume evokes the elegance of maps from the past and the charm of all the distant places they suggest, to show them not only as historical artefacts but also as works of art.

Author: Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 702

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Author: British Museum. Map Room
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charts
Languages : en
Pages : 592

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Author: Richard W. Unger
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230282164
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265

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Renaissance map-makers produced ever more accurate descriptions of geography, which were also beautiful works of art. They filled the oceans Europeans were exploring with ships and to describe the real ships which were the newest and best products of technology. Above all the ships were there to show the European conquest of the seas of the world.

Author: Lars Bo Kaspersen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107141508
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 347

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This engaging volume scrutinises the causal relationship between warfare and state formation, using Charles Tilly's work as a foundation.

Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 1206

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Author: James Robert Enterline
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM
ISBN: 0801875471
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 521

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This revealing analysis of Medieval cartography and native American travel upends conventional narratives about discovering the New World. For generations, American schools have taught children that Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492. But evidence shows that Leif Erikson set foot on the continent centuries earlier. As debate continues over which explorer deserves the credit, early maps of North America suggest that we may be asking the wrong questions. How did medieval Europeans have such specific geographic knowledge of North America, a land even their most daring adventurers had not yet discovered? In Erikson, Eskimos, and Columbus, James Robert Enterline presents new evidence that traces this knowledge to the cartographic skills of indigenous people of the high Arctic, who, he contends, provided the basis for medieval maps of large parts of North America. Drawing on an exhaustive chronological survey of pre-Columbian maps, including the controversial Yale Vinland Map, this book boldly challenges conventional accounts of Europe’s discovery of the New World.

Author: Emma Roberts
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 180207919X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248

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This edited collection re-examines the relationship between art and the sea, reflecting growing interest in the intersections between art and maritime history. Artists have always been fascinated by and drawn to the sea and this book considers some of the themes and approaches in art that have evolved as a result of this captivation. The chapters consider how an examination of art can provide new insights into existing knowledge of port and maritime history, and are representative of a ‘cultural turn’ in port and maritime studies, which is becoming increasingly visible. In Art and the Sea, multiple perspectives are offered as a result of the contributors’ individual positions and methodologies: some museological, others art historical or maritime-historical. Each chapter proposes a new way of building upon available interpretations of port and maritime history: whether this be to reject, support or reconsider existing knowledge. The book as a whole is a timely addition, therefore, to the developing body of revisionist texts in port and maritime history. The interdisciplinary nature of the volume relates to a current trend for interdisciplinarity in art history and will appeal to those with an interest in art history, geography, sociology, history and transport / maritime studies.

Author: United States. Naval History Division
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atlases
Languages : en
Pages : 98

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