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Autore |
Conley Tom |
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The self-made map : cartographic writing in early modern France / / Tom Conley |
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Minneapolis : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 1996 |
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©1996 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiii, 372 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Soggetti |
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Cartography - France - History - 16th century |
Maps in literature |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Franco-Burgundian Backgrounds: Some Figural Relations with Space; 2. The Letter and the Grid: Geoffroy Tory; 3. Oronce Finé: A Well-Rounded Signature; 4. Words à la Carte: A Rabelaisian Map; 5. An Insular Moment: From Cosmography to Ethnography; 6. An Atlas Evolves: Maurice Bouguereau, Le théâtre françoys; 7. Montaigne: A Political Geography of the Self; 8. La Popelinière and Descartes: Signatures in Perspective; 9. Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this wide-ranging and fascinating work, Tom Conley demonstrates that ""a new cartographic impulse"" during the French Renaissance gave rise to a new sense of self, one defined in part by the relationship of self and space. |
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