Mapping an Atlantic world : circa 1500 /
Metcalf, Alida C., 1954-
Mapping an Atlantic world : circa 1500 / Alida C. Metcalf. - 1 online resource
The Atlantic Ocean on the periphery -- 1500 -- Chartmakers -- The fourth part of the world -- Parrots and trees -- The cannibalist scene.
"The year 1500, Metcalf argues, was a turning point in Europeans' understanding of their world in relation to the Atlantic Ocean. In the sixteenth century, cartographers began to conceptualize-and present to the public-an interconnected Atlantic World that was open and navigable, in contrast with the mysterious ocean that had blocked off the Western hemisphere before Columbus. The author contends that early modern cartographers were significant agents in the intellectual history of the Atlantic World"--
9781421438535 (electronic bk.) 1421438534 (electronic bk.)
1500-1599
Cartographers--History--16th century.
Cartography--History--Atlantic Ocean Region--16th century.
Cartographes--Histoire--16e siècle.
Cartographie--Histoire--Atlantique, Région de l'--16e siècle.
Cartographers.
Cartography.
Atlantic Ocean Region--History--16th century.
Atlantique, Région de l'--Histoire--16e siècle.
Atlantic Ocean Region.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
GA368 / .M48 2020
526.09182/109031
Mapping an Atlantic world : circa 1500 / Alida C. Metcalf. - 1 online resource
The Atlantic Ocean on the periphery -- 1500 -- Chartmakers -- The fourth part of the world -- Parrots and trees -- The cannibalist scene.
"The year 1500, Metcalf argues, was a turning point in Europeans' understanding of their world in relation to the Atlantic Ocean. In the sixteenth century, cartographers began to conceptualize-and present to the public-an interconnected Atlantic World that was open and navigable, in contrast with the mysterious ocean that had blocked off the Western hemisphere before Columbus. The author contends that early modern cartographers were significant agents in the intellectual history of the Atlantic World"--
9781421438535 (electronic bk.) 1421438534 (electronic bk.)
1500-1599
Cartographers--History--16th century.
Cartography--History--Atlantic Ocean Region--16th century.
Cartographes--Histoire--16e siècle.
Cartographie--Histoire--Atlantique, Région de l'--16e siècle.
Cartographers.
Cartography.
Atlantic Ocean Region--History--16th century.
Atlantique, Région de l'--Histoire--16e siècle.
Atlantic Ocean Region.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
GA368 / .M48 2020
526.09182/109031