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 | #2742571 in Books |  Cornell University Press |  1997-11-06 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.52 x.87 x6.44l,1.40 | File type: PDF | 256 pages

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||8 of 9 people found the following review helpful.| A must read for any early map enthousiast !|By A Customer|This book is refreshing in that it presents new or original relations between historical facts which you might be aware of, but which you come to see in a new light while reading. The reading journey brings you to early Portugese mapmakers, sailors and kings, the Ottoman empire and its relatively sophisticated geograph|From Booklist|Brotton clearly shows the commercial and political pressures that made mapmaking so important during the 1600s; and he shows the geographical, logistic, and printing limitations that made mapmaking d

In this generously illustrated book, Jerry Brotton documents the dramatic changes in the nature of geographical representation which took place during the sixteenth century, explaining how much they convey about the transformation of European culture at the end of the early modern era. He examines the age's fascination with maps, charts, and globes as both texts and artifacts that provided their owners with a promise of gain, be it intellectual, political, or financial. ...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Trading Territories: Mapping the Early Modern World   |  Jerry Brotton. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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