Overcoming Ptolemy
The Revelation of an Asian World Region
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ISBN-13:
9781498590136
Veröffentl:
2018
Einband:
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Erscheinungsdatum:
01.11.2018
Seiten:
326
Autor:
Geoffrey C. Gunn
Gewicht:
626 g
Format:
235x157x22 mm
Serie:
AsiaWorld
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
This book explores the effects that the Ptolemaic template developed by Claudius Ptolemy almost two thousand years ago had on the cartography and worldview of Europe through and beyond the age of European discovery. It shows how this template was refined and ultimately overcome.
Introduction1. The Classical View of the Afro-Eurasian World2. The Islamic Crossover3. Ptolemaic Revival and Cartographic Adjustments in a Transitional Age4. Revisions to the Ptolemaic Template in the Age of Discovery (1300-1500s)5. The European Discoveries and the Print Revolution Reprised (1500-1700)6. The Ptolemaic World-in-Motion: Enlightenment Science and the Jesuit Advance on China7. The European Framing of Ptolemy's India Extra Gangem8. Reimagining Ptolemy's Sinus Magnus and the Historical Geography of the China SeasConclusion: Conclusion: Post-Ptolemaic Constructions of Empire and Nation-State
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