New Found Lands: Maps in the History of Exploration

ISBN-13: 9780415920261 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 200 str.

Peter Whitfield

Opis

Visually demonstrating the thoughts and knowledge of the explorers, New Found Lands focuses on the maps that early travelers themselves used. The maps serve as evocative and poignant reminders of the limited knowledge of these explorers and how these men and their patrons understood their expanding place in the world. 150 maps, 100 in color.

Recenzje

"This is a book to get lost in on a cold winter's night. ...[This book] was clearly a labour of love, as the author laments that he can can give only the barest summaries of the adventures he recounts with relish." -- Bowdens
"It's a highly enlightening book of cartography, and demonstrates humankind's need to know where it has been, where it is and where it can go. Education mixed with fun discovery dominate Whitfield's work." -- Illinois Times
"New Found Lands provides a new approach to historical and cartographic coverage... Plenty of description accompanies these black and white and color reproductions of old maps, making for a fine exploration and historical review." -- Reviewer's Bookwatch
"Recommended for all public and academic libraries." -- Library Journal
"This is a book to get lost in on a cold winter's night." -- The Montreal Gazette
"It's a fascinating journey through the old map files of many libraries and museums, following everyone from Vasco de Gama to Lewish and Clark to even some Chinese explorers...it's terrific." -- Burlington Times-News
"...a carefully crafted book, both in terms of the attractive and well-reporduced colour maps and the well-written and compelling narrative...a reliable work with compelling prose descriptions of important and exciting adventures." -- Canadian Journal of History

Spis treści

1 EXPLORATION IN THE ANCIENT WORLD; 2 THE LURE OF THE EAST, 1250-1550; 3 THE NEW WORLD, 1490-1630; 4 THE PACIFIC AND AUSTRALIA, 1520-1800; 5 THE CONTINENTS EXPLORED, 1500-1900; EXPLORATION IN THE MODERN WORLD

O autorze

Peter Whitfield runs his own company publishing facsimiles of historical maps. In 1995 he was curator of the British Library exhibit, "The Earth and the Heavens: The Map Maker's Art." He currently lives in London.