The Fourth Part of the World: The Epic Story of History's Greatest Map
Toby Lester
ISBN: | 9781847652805 |
Publisher: | Profile Books |
Published: | 5 July, 2012 |
Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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The Fourth Part of the World: The Epic Story of History's Greatest Map
Toby Lester
The Waldseemüller Map of 1507 introduced an astonishing collection of cartological firsts. It was the first map to show the New World as a separate continent, alongside Europe, Africa and Asia - and the first on which the word 'America' appears. It was the first map to suggest the existence of the Pacific. It was, in short, the first map to depict the whole world as we know it today. Beautiful, fascinating and revealing, it arrived on the scene as Europeans were moving out of the Middle Ages and
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