Book ID: CBB001552957

Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps (2013)

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Van Duzer, Chet A. (Author)


British Library


Publication Date: 2013
Physical Details: 143 pp.; ill.
Language: English

The sea monsters on medieval and Renaissance maps, whether swimming vigorously, gambolling 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 'marvellous' 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 Chet Van Duzer analyses 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 tenth century and continuing to the end of the sixteenth century.

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Authors & Contributors
Jaynes, Jeffrey
Weserrenaissance-Museum Schloss Brake Lemgo
Holzer, Gerhard
Valerie Newby
Lüpkes, Vera
Storms, Martijn
Concepts
Maps; atlases
Cartography
Geography
Science and culture
Mappae mundi
Humanism
Time Periods
Medieval
Renaissance
Early modern
Modern
Ancient
16th century
Places
Europe
China
India
Middle and Near East
Papua New Guinea
Mediterranean region
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