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The Mapmaker's Quest: Depicting New Worlds in Renaissance Europe
Author(s): David Buisseret (Author)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication Date: 24 July 2003
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 250 pages
- ISBN-10: 019210053X
- ISBN-13: 9780192100535
Book Description
A vividly illustrated chronicle of map-making in Renaissance Europe delves deeply into the scientific, cultural, and economic issues surrounding this explosion of cartography between 1400 and 1600.
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About the Author
David Buisseret is Professor of the History of Cartography at the University of Texas at Arlington. He is a former director of the Center for Cartography at the University of Chicago. His books includeFrom Sea Charts to Satellite Images: Interpreting North American History Through Maps.
David Buisseret is Garrett Professor of History at the University of Texas at Arlington.
