Early Modern History: Society and Culture: Pictures of Power in Renaissance Europe

Unger, Richard W.

Renaissance map-makers produced ever more accurate descriptions of geography, which were also beautiful works of art. They filled the oceans Europeans were exploring with ships and to describe the real ships which were the newest and best products of technology. Above all the ships were there to show the European conquest of the seas of the world.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2010-08-04

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230231641

DOI: 10.1057/9780230282162

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 233