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A mapmaker's dream : the meditations of Fra Mauro, cartographer to the court of Venice / James Cowan.
LIBRA Special PR9619.3.C597 M36 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cowan, James, 1942-2018.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mauro, fra, -1459--Fiction.
- Mauro.
- Mauro, fra, -1459.
- Courts and courtiers--Fiction.
- Courts and courtiers.
- Cartographers.
- Venice (Italy)--Fiction.
- Venice (Italy).
- Cartographers--Fiction.
- Religious fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Religious fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 151 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
- Edition:
- Warner Books edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Warner Books, [1996]
- Summary:
- When 15th-century Venetian cartographer and monk Fra Mauro sets out to create the definitive map of the world from his cell, he finds a yearning for truth, and the project becomes the adventure of a lifetime. "Full of startling leaps of imagination . . . as seaworthy a vessel as a schooner for exploring new worlds".--"Publishers Weekly".
- ISBN:
- 0446673382
- 9780446673389
- OCLC:
- 37187517
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