Martin Waldseemüller’s 'Carta marina' of 1516
Title | Martin Waldseemüller’s 'Carta marina' of 1516 PDF eBook |
Author | Chet Van Duzer |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Pages | 150 |
Release | 2019-10-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 3030227030 |
This open access book presents the first detailed study of one of the most important masterpieces of Renaissance cartography, Martin Waldseemüller’s Carta marina of 1516. By transcribing, translating into English, and detailing the sources of all of the descriptive texts on the map, as well as the sources of many of the images, the book makes the map available to scholars in a wholly unprecedented way. In addition, the book provides revealing insights into how Waldseemüller went about making the map -- information that can’t be found in any other source. The Carta marina is the result of Waldseemüller’s radical re-evaluation of what a world map should be; he essentially started from scratch when he created it, rejecting the Ptolemaic model and other sources he had used in creating his 1507 map, and added more descriptive texts and a wealth of illustrations. Given its content, the book offers an essential reference work not only on this map, but also for anyone working in sixteenth-century European cartography.
Martin Waldseemüller’s 'Carta marina' of 1516
Title | Martin Waldseemüller’s 'Carta marina' of 1516 PDF eBook |
Author | Chet Van Duzer |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 150 |
Release | 2020-09-11 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9783030227050 |
This open access book presents the first detailed study of one of the most important masterpieces of Renaissance cartography, Martin Waldseemüller’s Carta marina of 1516. By transcribing, translating into English, and detailing the sources of all of the descriptive texts on the map, as well as the sources of many of the images, the book makes the map available to scholars in a wholly unprecedented way. In addition, the book provides revealing insights into how Waldseemüller went about making the map -- information that can’t be found in any other source. The Carta marina is the result of Waldseemüller’s radical re-evaluation of what a world map should be; he essentially started from scratch when he created it, rejecting the Ptolemaic model and other sources he had used in creating his 1507 map, and added more descriptive texts and a wealth of illustrations. Given its content, the book offers an essential reference work not only on this map, but also for anyone working in sixteenth-century European cartography.
Martin Waldseemüller's 'Carta Marina' of 1516
Title | Martin Waldseemüller's 'Carta Marina' of 1516 PDF eBook |
Author | Chet Van Duzer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 154 |
Release | 2020-10-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781013275081 |
This open access book presents the first detailed study of one of the most important masterpieces of Renaissance cartography, Martin Waldseemüller's Carta marina of 1516. By transcribing, translating into English, and detailing the sources of all of the descriptive texts on the map, as well as the sources of many of the images, the book makes the map available to scholars in a wholly unprecedented way. In addition, the book provides revealing insights into how Waldseemüller went about making the map -- information that can't be found in any other source. The Carta marina is the result of Waldseemüller's radical re-evaluation of what a world map should be; he essentially started from scratch when he created it, rejecting the Ptolemaic model and other sources he had used in creating his 1507 map, and added more descriptive texts and a wealth of illustrations. Given its content, the book offers an essential reference work not only on this map, but also for anyone working in sixteenth-century European cartography. This work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work's license are retained by the author or authors.
The Carta Marina of Martin Waldseemüller from 1516 - Political Geography in Context of the Struggle for the Spices of Southeast India
Title | The Carta Marina of Martin Waldseemüller from 1516 - Political Geography in Context of the Struggle for the Spices of Southeast India PDF eBook |
Author | Martin Lehmann |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Oldest Map with the Name America of the Year 1507 and the Carta Marina of the Year 1516 ...
Title | The Oldest Map with the Name America of the Year 1507 and the Carta Marina of the Year 1516 ... PDF eBook |
Author | Martin Waldseemüller |
Publisher | |
Pages | 55 |
Release | 1903 |
Genre | America |
ISBN |
Seeing the World Anew
Title | Seeing the World Anew PDF eBook |
Author | John W. Hessler |
Publisher | |
Pages | 112 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Cartography |
ISBN | 9781929154470 |
Putting "America" on the Map
Title | Putting "America" on the Map PDF eBook |
Author | Seymour I. Schwartz |
Publisher | |
Pages | 440 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
In 1507 the Waldseemuller World Map was created. It was the first time a map included the continental landmasses in the Western Hemisphere. The name "America" was inserted on the southern continent. Since then it has been surrounded by many intrigues.