Mapping an Atlantic World, Circa 1500

Recognizing early modern cartographers as significant agents in the intellectual history of the Atlantic, Mapping an Atlantic World, circa 1500 includes around 50 beautiful and illuminating historical maps.

About the author

Alida C. Metcalf is the Harris Masterson, Jr. Professor of History at Rice University. A codeveloper of imagineRio, the digital atlas of Rio de Janeiro, she is the author of Family and Frontier in Colonial Brazil: Santana de Parnaíba, 1580–1822 and Go-betweens and the Colonization of Brazil: 1500–1600.

Summary

Recognizing early modern cartographers as significant agents in the intellectual history of the Atlantic, Mapping an Atlantic World, circa 1500 includes around 50 beautiful and illuminating historical maps.

Product details

• Authors: Alida C. Metcalf, Alida C. (Harris Masterson Jr Professor o Metcalf, Alida C. (Harris masterson Jr Professor of History Metcalf
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9781421438528
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-3852-8
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, SCIENCE / History, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, History of Science, History of engineering & technology