TITLE:
New found lands : maps in the history of exploration / Peter Whitfield.
Publication Date:
1998
Publication Information:
New York : Routledge,
Physical Description:
200 p. : ill., maps.
Summary:
In New Found Lands, Peter Whitfield takes a different approach. By focusing on the maps that the explorers themselves used, Whitfield reveals how the both the explorers and their patrons understood their expanding world and their place in it, what they were seeking and how they thought they could achieve it, and how they integrated new knowledge into their evolving world view.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780415920261
