Imagined Corners : Exploring the World’s First Atlas

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pp. 314, b/w and color illustrations throughout, beautifully produced in heavy paper.”Published in Antwerp in 1570, the Theatrum orbis terrarum did something no previous book had done?t presented the world in all its component parts, offering the chance to see our planet as a place of staggering variety and ultimate unity. It was the world? first atlas. Brainchild of Abraham Ortelius, the Theatrum reflected the enormous vitality of the era, the prevailing zest for exploration and discovery, and the linked activities of international commerce and mapmaking. Paul Binding has immersed himself in the Antwerp that produced Ortelius and his atlas, and he draws on a mass of letters, personal documents, maps, and pictures to bring it vividly to life. A masterly volume that stands as a tribute to the human need to impose order and reason on an all-too-turbulent world.”

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ISBN 0747230404
ISBN13 9780747230403
Number of pages 314
Original Title Imagined Corners : Exploring the World's First Atlas
Published Date 2003
Book Condition Very Good
Jacket Condition Very Good
Binding Hardcover
Size Larger 8vo
Place of Publication London
Edition First edition
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pp. 314, b/w and color illustrations throughout, beautifully produced in heavy paper.”Published in Antwerp in 1570, the Theatrum orbis terrarum did something no previous book had done?t presented the world in all its component parts, offering the chance to see our planet as a place of staggering variety and ultimate unity. It was the world? first atlas. Brainchild of Abraham Ortelius, the Theatrum reflected the enormous vitality of the era, the prevailing zest for exploration and discovery, and the linked activities of international commerce and mapmaking. Paul Binding has immersed himself in the Antwerp that produced Ortelius and his atlas, and he draws on a mass of letters, personal documents, maps, and pictures to bring it vividly to life. A masterly volume that stands as a tribute to the human need to impose order and reason on an all-too-turbulent world.”

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Weight 2 kg