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019 $a830366761$a834412699
020 $a9781857598223
020 $a1857598229
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn858804289
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035 $a(NNC)10618087
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050 4 $aGA101-1999
082 04 $a526
100 1 $aArmitage, Anne.
245 10 $aMapping the New World. Renaissance maps form the American Museum in Britain.$cAnne Armitage; Laura Beresford.
260 $aLondon :$bScala Publications$c2013.
300 $a128 pages
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 8 $aIllustrating the changing shape of the Americas as Renaissance cartographers (working from ancient and medieval sources) learned more of the New World, this collection is the third in a series produced by Scala, which showcases the core collections of the American Museum in Britain. Spurred on by thoughts of treasure - particularly gold, silver, gems and spices - European travellers changed the shape of the New World as they mapped the Americas from the 15th to the 17th centuries. Whereas medieval maps illustrated theology rather than geography, the Renaissance revived the classical discipline of scientifically mapping land mass. Such precision was entirely practical: only by exact measurement could the rich New World territories be claimed, plundered and ruled by its Old World conquerors.
651 0 $aAmerica$xMaps$xEarly works to 1800$vCatalogs.
650 0 $aEarly maps$vCatalogs.
650 0 $aCartography$xHistory$vCatalogs.
650 7 $aGeneral.$2ukslc
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