Title: Sea monsters on medieval and Renaissance maps /
Authors: Van Duzer, Chet,
Date: 2013
Publisher: The British Library,
Physical description: 143 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language: English
LC classification: G
Abstract: The sea monsters on medieval and Renaissance maps, whether swimming vigorously, gambolling amid the waves, attacking ships, or simply displaying themselves for our appreciation, are one of the most visually engaging elements on these maps, and yet they have never been carefully studied.
Contents: Classical antecedents -- The earliest medieval maps with sea monsters : Beatus Mappaemundi -- "Let the waters bring forth abundantly" : sea monsters in the creation -- Sea monsters in the harbor of Brindisi -- An imagined Mappamundi with sea monsters -- Sea monsters on the ceiling -- Giant sea monsters on two small Mappaemundi -- "A vast sea where there is nothing but the abode of monsters" -- Two monumental Mappaemundi with few sea monsters -- Three sea monsters battling in the Atlantic -- Pictorial eExcursus : The dangers of sea monsters -- Sea monsters on nautical charts : giant octopuses, sirens, sharks -- How to buy a sea monster -- Whaling between myth and reality -- A nest of sea monsters at the bottom of the world -- Whales as big as mountains -- Terrifying monsters in the Indian Ocean -- A skeptic about sea monsters : Fra Mauro -- Pictorial excursus : Whimsical sea monsters -- Invented sea monsters in the circumfluent ocean -- The manuscript with the most sea monsters --^ Sea monsters in printed editions of Ptolemy -- The sea monsters of the earliest surviving terrestrial globe -- The sea monsters of Waldseemüller's map of 1507 and Schöner's globe of 1515 -- Lighting a fire on a whale's back -- Pictorial excursus : The cartographic career of the walrus -- The debut of the sea monsters of the Renaissance -- Olaus Magnus and the most important sea monsters of the sixteenth century -- Mercator's globe of 1541 : the influence of Olaus Magnus -- The Ulpius globe : sea monsters before their time -- The monster that stops ships in their tracks -- Pictorial excursus : More whimsical sea monsters -- From sea dragons to a sawfish : the Rylands Library map of 1546 -- Evidence of a sea monster specialist -- The curious career of the flying turtle -- The eclecticism of Giacomo Gastaldi -- The sea monsters of Gerard Mercator's great map of 1569 -- Sea monsters cavorting among the Mediterranean isles -- The sea monsters surrounding Iceland in the first atlas --^ A haunting sea monster reappears -- Whales fantastic and realistic at the end of the sixteenth century -- Two New World sea monsters -- Conclusion. Contents note continued: The Manuscript with the Most Sea Monsters -- Sea Monsters in Printed Editions of Ptolemy -- The Sea Monsters of the Earliest Surviving Terrestrial Globe -- The Sea Monsters of Waldseemuller's Map of 1507 and Schoner's Globe of 1515 -- Lighting a Fire on a Whale's Back -- Pictorial Excursus: The Cartographic Career of the Walrus -- The Debut of the Sea Monsters of the Renaissance -- Olaus Magnus and the Most Important Sea Monsters of the Sixteenth Century -- Mercator's Globe of 1541: The Influence of Olaus Magnus -- The Ulpius Globe: Sea Monsters Before Their Time -- The Monster that Stops Ships in Their Tracks -- Pictorial Excursus: More Whimsical Sea Monsters -- From Sea Dragons to a Sawfish: The Rylands Library Map of 1546 -- Evidence of a Sea Monster Specialist -- The Curious Career of the Flying Turtle -- The Eclecticism of Giacomo Gastaldi -- The Sea Monsters of Gerard Mercator's Great Map of 1569 -- Contents note continued: Sea Monsters Cavorting Among the Mediterranean Isles -- The Sea Monsters Surrounding Iceland in the First Atlas -- A Haunting Sea Monster Reappears -- Whales Fantastic and Realistic at the End of the Sixteenth Century -- Two New World Sea Monsters.
Subject headings (LCSH): Cartography--Europe--History--16th century.; Cartography--Europe--History--To 1500.; Cartography--History.; Early maps--Europe--History.; Early maps--History.; Sea monsters--Maps--Early works to 1800.; Sea monsters.