Waldseemüller's 1507 World Map as Speculative Cartography. Landscapes on the Edge

Cosmographers in the sixteenth century found serious difficulties fitting the nature of the New World into the conceptual frame that made up the lands and seas of the oikumene. The geographic evidence derived from overseas discoveries elicited a complex epistemological and ontological reaction from...

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Autor: García Redondo, José María
Tipo de recurso: otro
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/332097
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/332097
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Waldseemüller
1507 World Map
Speculative Cartography
Landscapes
Shores of Vespucci
Amerigo Vespuccis life
Francisco Contente Domingues
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Sumario:Cosmographers in the sixteenth century found serious difficulties fitting the nature of the New World into the conceptual frame that made up the lands and seas of the oikumene. The geographic evidence derived from overseas discoveries elicited a complex epistemological and ontological reaction from the cosmographers of the sixteenth century and even in the following ones