| Description |
1 online resource (268 pages) |
| Series |
Mapping the Past Series ; v.2 |
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Mapping the Past Series
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| Contents |
Covering emptiness with a hope for peace : Gerard Mercator, Nova et aucta orbis terrae descriptio ad usum navigantium, 1569 -- The gaze of the sea monster : Ignazio Danti's map of Sardinia in the Galleria delle carte geografiche, 1580-82 -- An exotic medicine from the tombs of Egypt : Daniel Cellarius, Asiae nova descriptio, c.1590 -- New personifications of the continents : Jodocus Hondius, Nova et exacta totius orbis terrarum descriptio, 1608 -- Cosmographers in the southern ocean : Pieter van den Keere, Nova totius orbis mappa, c.1611 -- Ingratitude bites kindness : Jodocus Hondius, Novissima ac exactissima totius orbis terrarum descriptio, 1611 / 1634 -- Eurocentrism on display : Arnold Floris van Langren, terrestrial globe, 1630-32 -- The giddy pleasures of Mise en abyme : Willem Hondius, Nova totius Brasiliae et locorum a Societate Indiae Occidentalis captorum descriptio, 1635 -- The cartographer's self-portrait : Georg Vischer, Archiducatus Austriae inferioris, 1670 / 1697 -- Scheming for control in the new world : Claude Bernou, Carte de l'Amérique septentrionale et partie de la méridionale, c.1682 -- Unveiling text, interpreting allegory : Vincenzo Coronelli, terrestrial globe, 1688 -- Concealing and revealing the source of the Nile : Vincenzo Coronelli, L'Africa divisa nelle sue parti, 1689 -- Propaganda in a cartouche : Vincenzo Coronelli, Paralello geografico dell'antico col moderno archipelago, 1692 -- If it bleeds, it leads : David Funck, Infelicis regni Siciliae tabula, c.1693 -- Celebrating a triumph of engineering : Jean-Baptiste Nolin, Le canal royal de Languedoc, 1697 -- The battle between light and darkness : Heinrich Scherer, Repraesentatio totius Africae, 1703 -- A map in the map as prophesy : Nicolas Sanson and Antoine de Winter, Geographiae Sacrae Tabula, 1705 -- "One of the most singular stories of extreme hardships" : Pieter van der Aa, Scheeps togt van Iamaica gedaan na Panuco en Rio de las Palmas, 1706 -- Crimson splendor : Nicolas Sanson, Téatre de la Guerre en Flandre & Brabant, c.1710 -- Generals presenting maps to the emperor : Johann Baptist Homann, Leopoldi Magni Filio Iosepho I. Augusto Romanorum & Hungariae Regi ..., c.1705-11 -- How to build a giant cartouche : Nicolas de Fer, Carte de la mer du Sud et de la mer du Nord, 1713 -- Advertising makes its entrance : George Willdey, Map of North America, 1715 -- The collapse of the Mississippi bubble : Matthäus Seutter, Accurata delineatio Ludovicianae vel Gallice Louisiane, c.1728 -- "The link of the human race for both utility and pleasure" : Matthäus Seutter, Postarum seu cursorum publicorum diverticula en mansiones per Germaniam, c.1731 -- Kill the cannibals and convert the rest : Jean-Baptiste Nolin, II, L'Amérique dressée sur les relations les plus récentes, 1740 -- The cartographer and the shogun : Matthäus Seutter, Regni Japoniae nova mappa geographica, c.1745 -- The illusionistic roll of the cartouche : Gilles and Didier Robert de Vaugondy, Carte de la terre des Hebreux ou Israelites, 1745 -- A cartographic balancing act : Matthäus Seutter, Partie orientale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada, c.1756 -- Impartial border, Partisan cartouche : Juan de la Cruz Cano y Olmedilla, Mapa geografico de America Meridional, 1775 -- A tactile illusion that legitimates the map : Henry Pelham, A plan of Boston in New England with its Environs, 1777 -- Fighting back against colonial cartography : José Joaquim da Rocha, Mappa da Comarca do Sabará pertencente a Capitania de Minas Gerais (c.1778) -- The actors begin to leave the stage : Jean Janvier, Maps of 1761, 1769, and 1774; Robert de Vaugondy, Map of 1778; John Purdy, Map of 1809 -- A map on a map on a map : John Randel, Jr., The City of New York as Laid Out by the Commissioners, 1821 |
| Summary |
"This lavishly illustrated book is the first systematic exploration of cartographic cartouches, the decorated frames that surround the title, or other text or imagery, on historic maps. It addresses the history of their development, the sources cartographers used in creating them, and the political, economic, historical, and philosophical messages their symbols convey. Cartouches are the most visually appealing parts of maps, and also spaces where the cartographer uses decoration to express his or her interests-so they are key to interpreting maps. The book discusses thirty-three cartouches in detail, which range from 1569 to 1821, and were chosen for the richness of their imagery. The book will open your eyes to a new way of looking at maps"-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Subject |
Cartouches, Ornamental (Decorative arts)
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Cartography -- History.
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cartouches (ornament)
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9004523839 |
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9789004523838 |
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