Trading Territories
Mapping the Early Modern World
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208 pages
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6.15 x 9.25
Trading Territories is a beautifully illustrated book which offers a new account of the status of maps and geographical knowledge in the early modern world.
Contents
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. An Empire Built on Water: The Cartography of the Early Portuguese Discoveries
3. Disorienting the East: The Geography of the Ottoman Empire
4. Cunning Cosmographers: Mapping the Moluccas
5. Plotting and Projecting: The Geography of Mercator and Ortelius
6. Conclusion
References
Bibliography
Index
1. Introduction
2. An Empire Built on Water: The Cartography of the Early Portuguese Discoveries
3. Disorienting the East: The Geography of the Ottoman Empire
4. Cunning Cosmographers: Mapping the Moluccas
5. Plotting and Projecting: The Geography of Mercator and Ortelius
6. Conclusion
References
Bibliography
Index
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