Sheridan Bartlett; Roger Hart; David Satterthwaite; Ximena de la Barra; Alfredo Missair Taylor & Francis Ltd (1999) Saatavuus: Tilaustuote Pehmeäkantinen kirja
Sheridan Bartlett; Roger Hart; David Satterthwaite; Ximena de la Barra; Alfredo Missair Taylor & Francis Ltd (1999) Saatavuus: Painos loppu Kovakantinen kirja
Lorena . . . et al. Lara Huertas; David Albarrán Cuenca; María del Carmen Sánchez Barrionuevo Libros de la herida&La palabra itinerante, S.L. (2019) Saatavuus: Hankintapalvelu Pehmeäkantinen kirja
Lars Bjoerndahl; David Mortimer; Christopher L. R. Barratt; Jose Antonio Castilla; Roelof Menkveld; Ulrik Kvist; Alvarez Cambridge University Press (2010) Saatavuus: Tilaustuote Kierreselkäinen
David Abram; Matt Barratt; George Michell; Aman Nath; Michel Vatin; Gavin Thomas Apa Publications (2011) Saatavuus: Hankintapalvelu Pehmeäkantinen kirja
Alison Barraclough; Cameron Dunn; Wayne Eaves; David Flint; Lindsay Frost; Andrew Palmer; Martin Parham; Mike Witherick Pearson Education Limited (2009) Saatavuus: Hankintapalvelu CD-ROM
Springer Sivumäärä: 360 sivua Asu: Kovakantinen kirja Painos: 2023 Julkaisuvuosi: 2023, 27.05.2023 (lisätietoa) Kieli: Englanti
This book tells the comprehensive history of cosmography from the 15th Century Age of Discovery onward. During this time, cosmography—a science that combined geography and astronomy to inform us about our place in the universe—was deeply tied to ongoing developments in politics, exploration, culture, and technology.
The book offers in-depth historical context over nearly four centuries, focusing in particular on the often neglected role that Portugal and Spain played in the development of cosmography. It details the great activity emerging from the Iberian and Italic peninsulas, including numerous voyagers of exploration, a clear commercial intention, and advancements in map-making techniques. In doing so, it provides a unique perspective on the “Longitude problem” not available in most other literature on the topic.
Rigorously researched and sweeping in scope, this book will serve as an invaluable source for historians and readers interested in the history of science, of astronomy, and of exploration from a southern European perspective.