Printing a Mediterranean world : Florence, Constantinople, and the renaissance of geography /

In 1482 Francesco Berlinghieri produced the Geographia, a book of over 100 folio leaves describing the world in Italian verse interleaved with lavishly engraved maps. Roberts demonstrates that the Geographia represents the moment of transition between printing and manuscript culture, while forming a...

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Main Author:	Roberts, Sean E
Format:	Map
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2013
Series:	I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history
Subjects:	Ptolemy, > active 2nd century > Geographia. Berlinghieri, Francesco, > 1440-1501 > Geographia. Geographia (Berlinghieri, Francesco) Geographia (Ptolemy) 1288-1918 Cartography > Italy > Florence > History > 15th century Cartography > Turkey > Istanbul > History > 15th century Cartography HISTORY > Middle East > Turkey & Ottoman Empire SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Cartography Europe > Maps > Early works to 1800 Turkey > History > Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 Europe Italy > Florence Turkey Turkey > Istanbul Multi-User Electronic books Early works > UNAUTHORIZED Early works History > UNAUTHORIZED History Maps > ^A2950662 Maps