Author: Publisher: Odile Jacob
ISBN: 2738178286
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Author: Publisher: Odile Jacob
ISBN: 2738178286
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Maps and History
Author: Jeremy BlackPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300086935
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Explores the role, development, and nature of the atlas and discusses its impact on the presentation of the past.
When France was King of Cartography
Author: Christine Marie PettoPublisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 9780739117767
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Geographical works, as socially constructed texts, provide a rich source for historians and historians of science investigating patronage, the governmental initiatives and support for science, and the governmental involvement in early modern commerce. Over the course of nearly two centuries (1594-1789), in adopting and adapting maps as tools of statecraft, the Bourbon Dynasty both developed patron-client relations with mapmakers and corporations and created scientific institutions with fundamental geographical goals. Concurrently, France--particularly, Paris--emerged as the dominant center of map production. Individual producers tapped the traditional avenues of patronage, touted the authority of science in their works, and sought both protection and legitimation for their commercial endeavors within the printing industry. Under the reign of the Sun King, these producers of geographical works enjoyed preeminence in the sphere of cartography and employed the familiar rhetoric of image to glorify the reign of Louis XIV. Later, as scientists and scholars embraced Enlightenment empiricism, geographical works adopted the rhetoric of scientific authority and championed the concept that rational thought would lead to progress. When France Was King of Cartography investigates over a thousand maps and nearly two dozen map producers, analyzes the map as a cultural artifact, map producers as a group, and the array of map viewers over the course of two centuries in France. The book focuses on situated knowledge or 'localized' interests reflected in these geographical productions. Through the lens of mapmaking, When France Was King of Cartography examines the relationship between power and the practice of patronage, geography, and commerce in early modern France.
Homelands and Empires
Author: Jeffers LennoxPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442614056
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
In this deeply researched and engagingly argued work, Jeffers Lennox reconfigures our general understanding of how Indigenous peoples, imperial forces, and settlers competed for space in northeastern North America before the British conquest in 1763.
Measuring the New World
Author: Neil SafierPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226733564
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Prior to 1735, South America was terra incognita to many Europeans. But that year, the Paris Academy of Sciences sent a mission to the Spanish American province of Quito (in present-day Ecuador) to study the curvature of the earth at the Equator. Equipped with quadrants and telescopes, the mission’s participants referred to the transfer of scientific knowledge from Europe to the Andes as a “sacred fire” passing mysteriously through European astronomical instruments to observers in South America.By taking an innovative interdisciplinary look at the traces of this expedition, Measuring the New World examines the transatlantic flow of knowledge from West to East. Through ephemeral monuments and geographical maps, this book explores how the social and cultural worlds of South America contributed to the production of European scientific knowledge during the Enlightenment. Neil Safier uses the notebooks of traveling philosophers, as well as specimens from the expedition, to place this particular scientific endeavor in the larger context of early modern print culture and the emerging intellectual category of scientist as author.
AB Bookman's Weekly
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Mapping Our World
Author: Peter BarberPublisher: National Library of Australia
ISBN: 0642278091
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
The cover image, World Map by Fra Mauro c. 1450, is one of the most important and famous maps of all time. This monumental map of the world was created by the monk Fra Mauro in his monastery on the island of San Michele in the Venetian lagoon. Now the centrepiece of the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana in St Marc’s Square in Venice, the map in its nearly 600-year history has never left Venice – until now. Renowned for its sheer size - over 2.3 metres square - and stunning colours, the map was made at a time of transition between the medieval world view and new knowledge uncovered by the great voyages of discovery. Brilliantly painted and illuminated on sheets of oxhide, the sphere of the Earth is surrounded by the sphere of the Ocean in the ancient way. Yet Fra Mauro included the latest information on exploration by Portuguese and Arab navigators. Commissioned by King Afonso V of Portugal, it is the last of the great medieval world maps to inspire navigators in the Age of Discovery to explore beyond the Indian Ocean.
Der Globusfreund
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Globes
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
L'Amérique Méridionale: The Map That Shaped Brazil in the 18th Century
Author: Junia Ferreira FurtadoPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004710760
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
This book explores how the origins of Brazil’s modern borders can be traced to the cartography of the Americas produced by the eighteenth-century French cartographer J.B.B. d’Anville. It argues that this map reflects the geopolitical policies of the Portuguese diplomat D. Luis da Cunha, who was involved in Portugal’s negotiations with the Spanish to formally establish Brazil’s frontiers, and highlights how and why these policies were adopted in the Treaty of Madrid in 1750.
Soluzioni!
Author: Denise De RômePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1444101250
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Using an appealing visual layout, Soluzioni explains the major topics of Italian grammar in clear and concise language. Real language examples and plenty of varied and imaginative exercises show how grammar works in practice. This new edition includes: Tables and charts for easy navigation and at-a-glance comprehension Authentic material from Italian media and literature showing grammar in context Graded practice exercises with answers so learners can review their progress Free interactive exercises and weblinks on www.routledge.com/cw/rome . This second edition has been fully revised and updated with new examples and even more on contemporary usage making this the clearest and most comprehensive pedagogical grammar available.
