Kenneth Nebenzahl
Autor(a) de Mapping the Silk Road and Beyond
About the Author
Image credit: Kenneth Nebenzahl. Source: University of Chicago Photographic Archive, [apf1-01096], Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
Obras por Kenneth Nebenzahl
A stone thrown at the map maker 1 exemplar
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Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1927-09-16
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Long Island, NY
- Locais de residência
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Membros
Críticas
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 9
- Membros
- 302
- Popularidade
- #77,842
- Avaliação
- 4.1
- Críticas
- 3
- ISBN
- 14
- Línguas
- 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".… (mais)