The Piri Reis Map of 1513 - 9780820321578
Un libro in lingua di McIntosh Gregory C. Thrower Norman J. W. (FRW) edito da Univ of Georgia Pr, 2000
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This detailed study offers new commentary and explication of a major milestone in cartography. Correcting earlier work of Paul Kahle and pointing out the traps that have caught subsequent scholars, McIntosh disproves the dubious conclusion that the Reis map embodied Columbus's Third Voyage map of 1498, showing that it draws instead on the Second Voyage of 1493-1496. He also refutes the popular misinterpretation that Reis's depictions of Antarctica are evidence of either ancient civilizations or extraterrestrial visitation. McIntosh brings together all that has been previously known about the map and also assembles for the first time the translations of all inscriptions on the map and analyzes all place-names given for New World and Atlantic islands. His work clarifies long-standing mysteries and opens up new ways of looking at the history of exploration.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: The Piri Reis Map of 1513
- Autori : McIntosh Gregory C. Thrower Norman J. W. (FRW)
- Editore: Univ of Georgia Pr
- Collana: Univ of Georgia Pr (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 01 Luglio '00
- Genere: HISTORY
- Argomenti : World maps Early works to 1800
- Pagine: 230
- Dimensioni mm: 241 x 152 x 25
- ISBN-10: 0820321575
- EAN-13: 9780820321578