Kenneth Nebenzahl
Auteur van Mapping the Silk Road and Beyond
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Fotografie: Kenneth Nebenzahl. Source: University of Chicago Photographic Archive, [apf1-01096], Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1927-09-16
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Long Island, NY
- Woonplaatsen
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Statistieken
- Werken
- 9
- Leden
- 302
- Populariteit
- #77,842
- Waardering
- 4.1
- Besprekingen
- 3
- ISBNs
- 14
- Talen
- 4
The book is divided into four parts. Part I. includes cartographic traditions, charts and objects which may have influenced Columbus in preparing for his first voyage. Among them are a world map of Claudius Ptolemy (ca. AD 90-168) reprinted in Florence in 1574 and various nautical charts and portolans (pilot books).
Part II focuses on maps of Columbus and his contemporaries. Part III materials of other discoverers. Part IV. Materials showing the emergent "Colonial Era".… (meer)