| Henricus Martellus's World Map at Yale (C. 1491): Multispectral Imaging, Sources, and Influence 2019 Edition Contributor(s): Van Duzer, Chet (Author) |
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ISBN: 3319768395 ISBN-13: 9783319768397 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $123.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Historical Geography - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography - History | Africa - General |
| Dewey: 025.060 |
| Series: Historical Geography and Geosciences |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 11.4" W x 8.6" (2.00 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book presents groundbreaking new research on a fifteenth-century world map by Henricus Martellus, c. 1491, now at Yale. The importance of the map had long been suspected, but it was essentially unstudiable because the texts on it had faded to illegibility. Multispectral imaging of the map, performed with NEH support in 2014, rendered its texts legible for the first time, leading to renewed study of the map by the author. This volume provides transcriptions, translations, and commentary on the Latin texts on the map, particularly their sources, as well as the place names in several regions. This leads to a demonstration of a very close relationship between the Martellus map and Martin Waldseem ller's famous map of 1507. One of the most exciting discoveries on the map is in the hinterlands of southern Africa. The information there comes from African sources; the map is thus a unique and supremely important document regarding African cartography in the fifteenth century. This book is essential reading for digital humanitarians and historians of cartography. |