Mapping an Atlantic world, circa 1500 / Alida C. Metcalf.

Main entry:

Metcalf, Alida C., 1954- author.

Title & Author:

Mapping an Atlantic world, circa 1500 / Alida C. Metcalf.

Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.
©2020

Description:

xiii, 224 pages, 8 pages of color plates : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [183]-215) and index.
The Atlantic on the periphery -- The year 1500 -- Chartmakers -- From manuscript to print -- Parrots and trees -- The cannibal scene.

Summary:

"The year 1500, Metcalf argues, was a turning point in Europeans' understanding of their world in relation to the Atlantic Ocean. In the sixteenth century, cartographers began to conceptualize-and present to the public-an interconnected Atlantic World that was open and navigable, in contrast with the mysterious ocean that had blocked off the Western hemisphere before Columbus. The author contends that early modern cartographers were significant agents in the intellectual history of the Atlantic World"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781421438528 hardcover
1421438526 hardcover
electronic book
9781421438535

Subject:

Cartography Atlantic Ocean Region History 16th century.
Cartographers History 16th century.
Cartographie Atlantique, Région de l' Histoire 16e siècle.
Cartographes Histoire 16e siècle.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Cartography.
Cartographers.
Cartography.
Atlantic Ocean Region History 16th century.
Atlantique, Région de l' Histoire 16e siècle.
Atlantic Ocean Region.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 308828
Call No.: BIB 254162
Status: Available

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