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Mirror of the world : literature, maps, and geographic writing in late medieval and early modern England / Meg Roland.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roland, Margaret Mary, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ptolemy, active 2nd century. Geographia.
- Ptolemy.
- Cartography--England--History--15th century.
- Cartography.
- Cartography--England--History--16th century.
- Cartography in literature.
- History.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction : 'Master Ptolemy' : the Ptolemaic revival and the trace of Ptolemy's Geography in early English print culture
- Fluid geographies : the confluence of medieval and Ptolemaic space in Malory's Le morte Darthur
- Cartographic Caxton : myrrour of the world and early English print
- The equipollent Earth-apple : Mandeville's Travels, the Behaim globe, and globes in Tudor England
- The painted world : John Rastell's stage globe and geographic pleasure in early Tudor England
- 'After poyetes and astronomiers' : the kalender of shepherds and Ptolemaic geography in popular print
- Epilogue and analogue : what the "poets and astronomers" of the Ptolemaic revival offer the spatial humanities.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Roland, Margaret Mary. Mirror of the world
- ISBN:
- 9781003096245
- 1003096247
- 9781000415797
- 1000415791
- 9781000415759
- 1000415759
- Publisher Number:
- 40030786117
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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