[PDF] Abraham Ortelius And The First Atlas eBook

Author : M. P. R. van den Broecke
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,45 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Atlases, Dutch
ISBN : 9781849120173

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The 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum', made by Abraham Ortelius, is considered to be the first modern atlas. It is a collection of uniform map sheets and sustaining text bound to form a book for which copper printing plates were specifically engraved. 'The First Atlas' is an exploration of Ortelius's world by means of his maps.

Author : M. P. R. van den Broecke
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,27 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Atlases
ISBN : 9789061943808

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This revised edition contains corrections, extra information to date the charts more correctly, descriptions of the title page and a portrait of Ortelius.

Author : M. P. R. van den Broecke
Publisher : Brill
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 23,10 MB
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN :

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With an introduction by Leon Voet, and with 20 contributions by Günter Schilder, Rodney Shirley, Dennis Reinhartz, H.A.M. van der Heijden, Marijke Spies and others.

Author : Paul Binding
Publisher : Headline Book Pub Limited
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 12,60 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780747230403

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Published in Antwerp in 1570, the Theatrum orbis terrarum did something no previous book had done—it presented the world in all its component parts, offering the chance to see our planet as a place of staggering variety and ultimate unity. It was the world’s first atlas. Brainchild of Abraham Ortelius, the Theatrum reflected the enormous vitality of the era, the prevailing zest for exploration and discovery, and the linked activities of international commerce and mapmaking. Paul Binding has immersed himself in the Antwerp that produced Ortelius and his atlas, and he draws on a mass of letters, personal documents, maps, and pictures to bring it vividly to life. A masterly volume that stands as a tribute to the human need to impose order and reason on an all-too-turbulent world.

Author : Chet Van Duzer
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,45 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Cartography
ISBN : 9780712358903

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The sea monsters on medieval and Renaissance maps, whether swimming vigorously, gamboling amid the waves, attacking ships, or simply displaying themselves for our appreciation, are one of the most visually engaging elements on these maps, and yet they have never been carefully studied. The subject is important not only in the history of cartography, art, and zoological illustration, but also in the history of the geography of the "marvelous" and of western conceptions of the ocean. Moreover, the sea monsters depicted on maps can supply important insights into the sources, influences, and methods of the cartographers who drew or painted them. In this highly-illustrated book the author analyzes the most important examples of sea monsters on medieval and Renaissance maps produced in Europe, beginning with the earliest mappaemundi on which they appear in the 10th century and continuing to the end of the 16th century.

Author : John H. Lienhard
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 21,52 MB
Release : 2003-04-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195167313

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This book explores the nature of creativity in engineering and technology, and how it relates to creativity in art or science. Lienhard has for ten years done a twice-weekly radio show, carried on about 35 NPR stations, consisting of 3-minute essays on technology. He uses the substance of selected segments of his radio program to create a continuous narrative presenting his insights on technological creativity. This book has the same title as his radio program, to further draw the attention of his one million listeners.