The world map, 1300-1492 : the persistence of tradition and transformation /
Edson, Evelyn.
Center for American Places.
Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press,
2007.
Published in association with the Center for American Places, Sante Fe, New Mexico, and Staunton, Virginia.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-292) and index.
Introduction : Andrea Bianco's three maps -- The world view of the mappamundi in the thirteenth century -- Marine charts and sailing directions -- Sea chart and mappamundi in the fourteenth century -- Merchants, missionaries, and travel writers -- The recovery of Ptolemy's Geography -- Fra Mauro : the debate on the map -- The persistence of tradition in fifteenth-century world maps -- The transformation of the world map -- Conclusion : The world map transformed.
Geography, Medieval.
Geography
Cartography
Early maps.