Ships on Maps

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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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Name in long format: Ships on Maps Pictures of Power in Renaissance Europe
ISBN-10: 0230282164
ISBN-13: 9780230282162
Book pages: 864
Book language: English
Edition: 2
Binding: eBook
Publisher: Springer Nature
Dimensions: eBook

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