Ships on Maps Pictures of Power in Renaissance Europe

Renaissance map-makers produced ever more accurate descriptions of geography, which were also beautiful works of art. They filled the oceans Europeans were exploring with ships and to describe the real ships which were the newest and best products of technology. Above all the ships were there to sho...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Unger, Richard W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2010, 2010
Series:Early Modern History: Society and Culture
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Renaissance map-makers produced ever more accurate descriptions of geography, which were also beautiful works of art. They filled the oceans Europeans were exploring with ships and to describe the real ships which were the newest and best products of technology. Above all the ships were there to show the European conquest of the seas of the world
Physical Description:XXIII, 233 p. 52 illus., 8 illus. in color online resource
ISBN:9780230282162