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Les grandeurs de la Terre
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Besse, Jean-Marc, author.
- Series:
- Sociétés, Espaces, Temps.
- Sociétés, Espaces, Temps,
- Language:
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Ptolemy, active 2nd century. Geographia.
- Ptolemy.
- Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552.
- Münster, Sebastian.
- Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598.
- Ortelius, Abraham.
- Cosmography.
- Geography--Early works to 1800.
- Geography.
- Social sciences.
- Humanities.
- Cartography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (420 pages) : illustrations (chiefly black and white), maps, photographs, facsimiles ; digital file (PDF)
- Place of Publication:
- Lyon ENS Éditions 2003
- Lyon : ENS Éditions, 2003
- Language Note:
- Text is in French
- System Details:
- text file HTML/PDF
- Summary:
- The present essay focuses on three major moments of geographical thought in the Renaissance: the re-appropriation of Ptolemaic cartographic methods, the development of descriptive cosmography by Sebastian Münster, and the geographical meditation of Abraham Ortelius .
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed March 12, 2024)
- ISBN:
- 979-1-03-620465-4
- 9791036204654
- 9782847880304
- Access Restriction:
- Open access Unrestricted online access
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