Mirela Altic

Gebundenes Buch

Encounters in the New World

Jesuit Cartography of the Americas

Beschreibung

Analyzing more than one hundred and fifty historical maps, this book traces the Jesuitsâ significant contributions to mapping and mapmaking from their arrival in the New World.

Autor

Mirela Altic is a specialist in map history with a keen interest in missionary cartography and the early modern encounter. She is professor of the history of cartography at the University of Zagreb (Croatia) and currently serves as vice-chair of the International Cartographic Association Commission on the History of Cartography and president of the Society for the History of Discoveries.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: The University of Chicago Press
• Seitenzahl: 504
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 178mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 1230g
• ISBN-13: 9780226791050
• ISBN-10: 022679105X
• Artikelnr.: 61998629