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Framing the world : classical influences on sixteenth-century geographical thought /
A timely examination of the ways in sixteenth-century understandings of the world were framed by classical theory.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Woodbridge :
The Boydell Press,
2020.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction; Renaissance, Discovery, and the Written Word: Influences on Sixteenth-Century Geography; The Classical Revival and the New Geography; Defying the Limits of the World: Frigid and Torrid Zones in Sixteenth-Century Geography; Dispelling the Boundaries of the World: Ocean from Confine to Means of Communication; Balance and Opposition: the Physical Structure of the World; A Parallel World: Harmonia Mundi, Connection and Separation in the Western Continent; Moving Boundaries: The Monstrous and the Marvellous; Conclusion: A World Made for Humans