Kenneth Nebenzahl
Auteur de Mapping the Silk Road and Beyond
A propos de l'auteur
Crédit image: Kenneth Nebenzahl. Source: University of Chicago Photographic Archive, [apf1-01096], Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
Œuvres de Kenneth Nebenzahl
A stone thrown at the map maker 1 exemplaire
Old and rare collectors I have known 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1927-09-16
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Long Island, NY
- Lieux de résidence
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 9
- Membres
- 301
- Popularité
- #78,062
- Évaluation
- 4.1
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 14
- Langues
- 4
The book is divided into four parts. Part I. includes cartographic traditions, charts and objects which may have influenced Columbus in preparing for his first voyage. Among them are a world map of Claudius Ptolemy (ca. AD 90-168) reprinted in Florence in 1574 and various nautical charts and portolans (pilot books).
Part II focuses on maps of Columbus and his contemporaries. Part III materials of other discoverers. Part IV. Materials showing the emergent "Colonial Era".… (plus d'informations)