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Ships on Maps: Pictures of Power in Renaissance Europe
Richard W. Unger
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Description for Ships on Maps: Pictures of Power in Renaissance Europe
Hardback. 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. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 264 pages, 52, 8 colour plates, 44 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; KCZ; RGV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 550.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Series
Early Modern History: Society and Culture
Condition
New
Weight
549g
Number of Pages
233
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230231641
SKU
V9780230231641
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Richard W. Unger
RICHARD W. UNGER trained as an economic historian and has published widely on ships and shipping before 1800, brewing from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century and on energy use and its impact in pre-modern Europe. He has taught history at the University of British Columbia for more than four decades.
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