The worldmakers : global imagining in early modern Europe /

In this beautifully conceived book, Ayesha Ramachandran reconstructs the imaginative struggles of early modern artists, philosophers, and writers to make sense of something that we take for granted: the world, imagined as a whole. Once a new, exciting, and frightening concept, the world was transfor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ramachandran, Ayesha (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Temas:
1500-1699
Geographical perception.
Human geography.
Historical geography.
Cosmography.
Philosophy and science > Europe > History.
Perception géographique.
Géographie historique.
Cosmographie.
Philosophie et sciences > Europe > Histoire.
cosmography.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
TRAVEL > Budget.
TRAVEL > Hikes & Walks.
TRAVEL > Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
TRAVEL > Parks & Campgrounds.
Civilization
Cosmography
Geographical perception
Historical geography
Human geography
Philosophy and science
Geografie
Kosmografie
Welt
Philosophie
Kartografie
Europe > History.
Europe > Civilization > 16th century.
Europe > Civilization > 17th century.
Europe > Histoire.
Europe > Civilisation > 16e siècle.
Europe > Civilisation > 17e siècle.
Europe
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : worldmaking and the project of modernity
  • Mapping the body, mapping the world : Mercator's Atlas
  • On cosmographic autobiography : Montaigne's Essais
  • Cosmic politics : the worldly epics of Camões and Spenser
  • Cartesian romance : universal origins and Le monde
  • "This pendant world" : creating Miltonic modernity
  • Epilogue : from cosmography to cosmopolitanism.

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