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Shedding the veil : mapping the European discovery of America and the world /

Shedding the Veil is a highly original overview of Europe's exploration and discovery beyond her own confines. It tackles the subject via an analysis of maps dating from circa 1434 to 1865, with an emphasis on the period before 1600. The book begins with an appraisal of the peculiar circumstanc...

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Main Authors: Su rez, Thomas (Author)
Corporate Authors: World Scientific (Firm)
Published: World Scientific Pub. Co.,
Publisher Address: Singapore ; River Edge, N.J. :
Publication Dates: 1992.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Geography > History.
Cartography > History.
America > Discovery and exploration > Maps.
Electronic books.
Online Access: http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/1572#t=toc
Summary: Shedding the Veil is a highly original overview of Europe's exploration and discovery beyond her own confines. It tackles the subject via an analysis of maps dating from circa 1434 to 1865, with an emphasis on the period before 1600. The book begins with an appraisal of the peculiar circumstances which led late medieval Europe to pursue long-distance travel, both overland and by sea, introduces cosmographic traditions inherited from classical times, and investigates pre-Columbian excursions into the western ocean. Finally, the great voyages and mappaemundi of the early sixteenth century are described in depth. After 1600 the focus begins to narrow North America and particularly to the colonization of the American Northeast. All maps discussed in detail are illustrated. 40 full-page b/w plates, 25 full-page color plates.
Item Description: "Based on selected works from the Sidney R. Knafel Collection of early maps, atlases, and globes, 1434-1865"
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xiii,203pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-203) and index.
ISBN: 9789814355971
Index Number: E121
CLC: K703
Contents: pt. 1. A world called Europe. I. Precedents -- II. The world as known to medieval Europe -- III. Classical enlightenment: the Renaissance before Columbus -- pt. 2. A new world. IV. The western antipodes? -- V. The race to skirt America -- VI. Truly a fourth part of the globe -- pt. 3. Early colonization. VII. The British and French -- VIII. The Dutch -- IX. Pre- and post- revolution.

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