Name: Here Begins the Dark Sea: Venice, a Medieval Monk, and the Creation of the Most Accurate map in the World (en Inglés)
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Author: Small, Meredith Francesca
ISBN: 9781639364190

portada Here Begins the Dark Sea: Venice, a Medieval Monk, and the Creation of the Most Accurate map in the World (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Meredith Francesca Small

Editorial

Pegasus Books

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

320

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

Dimensiones

22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm

Peso

0.55 kg.

ISBN13

9781639364190

Categorías

Italia
Biografías de personas históricas, políticos y soldados
Historia de la edad media

Here Begins the Dark Sea: Venice, a Medieval Monk, and the Creation of the Most Accurate map in the World (en Inglés)

Meredith Francesca Small (Autor) · Pegasus Books · Tapa Dura

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Reseña del libro "Here Begins the Dark Sea: Venice, a Medieval Monk, and the Creation of the Most Accurate map in the World (en Inglés)"

The remarkable story of the cartographic masterpiece--the Venetian mappa mundi--that revolutionized how we see the world. In 1459 a Venetian monk named Fra Mauro completed an astonishing map of the world. Seven feet in diameter, Fra Mauro's mappamundi is the oldest and most complete Medieval map to survive into modernity. And in its time, this groundbreaking mappamundi provided the most detailed description of the known world, incorporating accurate observation, and geographic reality, urging viewers to see water and land as they really existed. Fra Mauro's map was the first in history to show that a ship could circumnavigate Africa, and that the Indian "Sea" was in fact an ocean, enabling international trade to expand across the globe. Acclaimed anthropologist Meredith F. Small reveals how Fra Mauro's mappamundi made cartography into a science rather than a practice based on religion and ancient myths. Here Begins the Dark Sea brings Fra Mauro's masterpiece to life as a work of art and a window into Venetian society and culture. In telling the story of this cornerstone of modern cartography, Small takes the reader on a fascinating journey as she explores the human urge to find our way. Here Begins the Dark Sea is a riveting testament to the undeniable impact Fra Mauro and his mappamundi have had over the past five centuries and still holds relevance today.