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The enigma of the origin of Portolan charts : a geodetic analysis of the hypothesis of a medieval origin / / editor, Roel Nicolai
| The enigma of the origin of Portolan charts : a geodetic analysis of the hypothesis of a medieval origin / / editor, Roel Nicolai |
| Autore | Nicolai Roel |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (570 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps, charts |
| Disciplina | 623.89/22 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | NicolaiRoel |
| Collana | History of science and medicine library |
| Soggetto topico |
Nautical charts - History
Navigation - History Cartography - History |
| ISBN | 90-04-28512-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Key Characteristics of Portolan Charts -- 3 Existing Hypotheses on the Origin and Construction Method of Portolan Charts -- 4 Cartometric Analysis; Methodology and Existing Research -- 5 Cartometric Analysis of Five Charts -- 6 The Relationship between Portolans and Portolan Charts -- 7 Constraints on Shipping and Navigation in the Medieval Mediterranean -- 8 The Map Projection, Artificial or Intentional? -- 9 Navigational Practices in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries -- 10 An Arabic-Islamic Origin of Portolan Charts? -- 11 Conclusions -- 12 Synthesis -- Appendix A: The Historical Setting of the Emergence of Portolan Charts -- Appendix B: Calculation of the Length of a Rhumb Line -- Appendix C: The Plane Charting Examples from Chapter 2 -- Appendix D: Accuracy Model for Medieval Navigation -- Appendix E: Cartometric Analysis Details -- Appendix F: Reliability of the cals7k.2 Archaeomagnetic Model -- Appendix G: Is the Map Projection Accidental? A Statistical Analysis -- Appendix H: The Preface of the Liber de existencia riveriarum -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810249403321 |
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| Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2016 | ||
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The enigma of the origin of Portolan charts : a geodetic analysis of the hypothesis of a medieval origin / / edited by Roel Nicolai
| The enigma of the origin of Portolan charts : a geodetic analysis of the hypothesis of a medieval origin / / edited by Roel Nicolai |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (570 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps, charts |
| Disciplina | 623.89/22 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | NicolaiRoel |
| Collana | History of science and medicine library |
| Soggetto topico |
Nautical charts - History
Navigation - History Cartography - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 90-04-28512-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Key Characteristics of Portolan Charts -- 3 Existing Hypotheses on the Origin and Construction Method of Portolan Charts -- 4 Cartometric Analysis; Methodology and Existing Research -- 5 Cartometric Analysis of Five Charts -- 6 The Relationship between Portolans and Portolan Charts -- 7 Constraints on Shipping and Navigation in the Medieval Mediterranean -- 8 The Map Projection, Artificial or Intentional? -- 9 Navigational Practices in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries -- 10 An Arabic-Islamic Origin of Portolan Charts? -- 11 Conclusions -- 12 Synthesis -- Appendix A: The Historical Setting of the Emergence of Portolan Charts -- Appendix B: Calculation of the Length of a Rhumb Line -- Appendix C: The Plane Charting Examples from Chapter 2 -- Appendix D: Accuracy Model for Medieval Navigation -- Appendix E: Cartometric Analysis Details -- Appendix F: Reliability of the cals7k.2 Archaeomagnetic Model -- Appendix G: Is the Map Projection Accidental? A Statistical Analysis -- Appendix H: The Preface of the Liber de existencia riveriarum -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910163128103321 |
| Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Frames That Speak
| Frames That Speak |
| Autore | Van Duzer Chet |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston : , : BRILL, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (268 pages) |
| Disciplina | 744.3/7 |
| Collana | Mapping the Past Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Cartouches, Ornamental (Decorative arts)
Cartography - History |
| ISBN | 90-04-52383-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Covering emptiness with a hope for peace : Gerard Mercator, Nova et aucta orbis terrae descriptio ad usum navigantium, 1569 -- The gaze of the sea monster : Ignazio Danti's map of Sardinia in the Galleria delle carte geografiche, 1580-82 -- An exotic medicine from the tombs of Egypt : Daniel Cellarius, Asiae nova descriptio, c.1590 -- New personifications of the continents : Jodocus Hondius, Nova et exacta totius orbis terrarum descriptio, 1608 -- Cosmographers in the southern ocean : Pieter van den Keere, Nova totius orbis mappa, c.1611 -- Ingratitude bites kindness : Jodocus Hondius, Novissima ac exactissima totius orbis terrarum descriptio, 1611 / 1634 -- Eurocentrism on display : Arnold Floris van Langren, terrestrial globe, 1630-32 -- The giddy pleasures of Mise en abyme : Willem Hondius, Nova totius Brasiliae et locorum a Societate Indiae Occidentalis captorum descriptio, 1635 -- The cartographer's self-portrait : Georg Vischer, Archiducatus Austriae inferioris, 1670 / 1697 -- Scheming for control in the new world : Claude Bernou, Carte de l'Amérique septentrionale et partie de la méridionale, c.1682 -- Unveiling text, interpreting allegory : Vincenzo Coronelli, terrestrial globe, 1688 -- Concealing and revealing the source of the Nile : Vincenzo Coronelli, L'Africa divisa nelle sue parti, 1689 -- Propaganda in a cartouche : Vincenzo Coronelli, Paralello geografico dell'antico col moderno archipelago, 1692 -- If it bleeds, it leads : David Funck, Infelicis regni Siciliae tabula, c.1693 -- Celebrating a triumph of engineering : Jean-Baptiste Nolin, Le canal royal de Languedoc, 1697 -- The battle between light and darkness : Heinrich Scherer, Repraesentatio totius Africae, 1703 -- A map in the map as prophesy : Nicolas Sanson and Antoine de Winter, Geographiae Sacrae Tabula, 1705 -- "One of the most singular stories of extreme hardships" : Pieter van der Aa, Scheeps togt van Iamaica gedaan na Panuco en Rio de las Palmas, 1706 -- Crimson splendor : Nicolas Sanson, Téatre de la Guerre en Flandre & Brabant, c.1710 -- Generals presenting maps to the emperor : Johann Baptist Homann, Leopoldi Magni Filio Iosepho I. Augusto Romanorum & Hungariae Regi ..., c.1705-11 -- How to build a giant cartouche : Nicolas de Fer, Carte de la mer du Sud et de la mer du Nord, 1713 -- Advertising makes its entrance : George Willdey, Map of North America, 1715 -- The collapse of the Mississippi bubble : Matthäus Seutter, Accurata delineatio Ludovicianae vel Gallice Louisiane, c.1728 -- "The link of the human race for both utility and pleasure" : Matthäus Seutter, Postarum seu cursorum publicorum diverticula en mansiones per Germaniam, c.1731 -- Kill the cannibals and convert the rest : Jean-Baptiste Nolin, II, L'Amérique dressée sur les relations les plus récentes, 1740 -- The cartographer and the shogun : Matthäus Seutter, Regni Japoniae nova mappa geographica, c.1745 -- The illusionistic roll of the cartouche : Gilles and Didier Robert de Vaugondy, Carte de la terre des Hebreux ou Israelites, 1745 -- A cartographic balancing act : Matthäus Seutter, Partie orientale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada, c.1756 -- Impartial border, Partisan cartouche : Juan de la Cruz Cano y Olmedilla, Mapa geografico de America Meridional, 1775 -- A tactile illusion that legitimates the map : Henry Pelham, A plan of Boston in New England with its Environs, 1777 -- Fighting back against colonial cartography : José Joaquim da Rocha, Mappa da Comarca do Sabará pertencente a Capitania de Minas Gerais (c.1778) -- The actors begin to leave the stage : Jean Janvier, Maps of 1761, 1769, and 1774; Robert de Vaugondy, Map of 1778; John Purdy, Map of 1809 -- A map on a map on a map : John Randel, Jr., The City of New York as Laid Out by the Commissioners, 1821. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Frames that Speak |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910737272703321 |
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Van Duzer Chet
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| Boston : , : BRILL, , 2023 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Historic maritime maps / / Donald Wigal
| Historic maritime maps / / Donald Wigal |
| Autore | Wigal Donald |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Parkstone Press International, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (445 p.) |
| Disciplina | 912.1962 |
| Soggetto topico |
Early maps - History
Cartography - History Nautical charts - History Geography, Medieval - History Discoveries in geography - History Ocean |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-78160-855-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chronology; The Beginnings of Exploration: 300 BC - 1000 AD; Coming out of the Dark: 1000-1400; Portolani During this Period; Discovering New Worlds, West and East: 1400-1500; Portolani during this period; Beyond the New World: 1500-1550; Portolani During This Period; Bridging the Oceans: 1550-1600; Portolani During This Period; The Renaissance of Discovery: 1600-1700; Portolani During This Period; Sailing Towards the Modern World: 1700-1900; Modern Explorers: American Explorers; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463835603321 |
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Wigal Donald
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| New York : , : Parkstone Press International, , [2014] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Historic maritime maps / / Donald Wigal
| Historic maritime maps / / Donald Wigal |
| Autore | Wigal Donald |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Parkstone Press International, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (445 p.) |
| Disciplina | 912.1962 |
| Soggetto topico |
Early maps - History
Cartography - History Nautical charts - History Geography, Medieval - History Discoveries in geography - History Ocean |
| ISBN | 1-78160-855-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chronology; The Beginnings of Exploration: 300 BC - 1000 AD; Coming out of the Dark: 1000-1400; Portolani During this Period; Discovering New Worlds, West and East: 1400-1500; Portolani during this period; Beyond the New World: 1500-1550; Portolani During This Period; Bridging the Oceans: 1550-1600; Portolani During This Period; The Renaissance of Discovery: 1600-1700; Portolani During This Period; Sailing Towards the Modern World: 1700-1900; Modern Explorers: American Explorers; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787610303321 |
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Wigal Donald
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| New York : , : Parkstone Press International, , [2014] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Historic maritime maps / / Donald Wigal
| Historic maritime maps / / Donald Wigal |
| Autore | Wigal Donald |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Parkstone Press International, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (445 p.) |
| Disciplina | 912.1962 |
| Soggetto topico |
Early maps - History
Cartography - History Nautical charts - History Geography, Medieval - History Discoveries in geography - History Ocean |
| ISBN | 1-78160-855-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chronology; The Beginnings of Exploration: 300 BC - 1000 AD; Coming out of the Dark: 1000-1400; Portolani During this Period; Discovering New Worlds, West and East: 1400-1500; Portolani during this period; Beyond the New World: 1500-1550; Portolani During This Period; Bridging the Oceans: 1550-1600; Portolani During This Period; The Renaissance of Discovery: 1600-1700; Portolani During This Period; Sailing Towards the Modern World: 1700-1900; Modern Explorers: American Explorers; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810905203321 |
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Wigal Donald
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| New York : , : Parkstone Press International, , [2014] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Les mesures du territoire : aspects techniques, politiques et culturels des mutations de la carte topographique : essai
| Les mesures du territoire : aspects techniques, politiques et culturels des mutations de la carte topographique : essai |
| Autore | Desbois Henri |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Presses de l’enssib, 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
| Collana | Papiers Les mesures du territoire |
| Soggetto topico |
Cartography - History
Maps - Political aspects Maps in art - History Maps in literature Geomatics Cartography Geography Earth & Environmental Sciences |
| Soggetto non controllato |
cartographie
histoire territoire |
| ISBN |
979-1-0912-8148-5
2-37546-070-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | fre |
| Nota di contenuto | ; Pt. 1. L'invention de la précision : cartographie et technique de l'astrolabe au GPS -- Aux origines de la cartographie scientifique -- La cartographie médiévale -- Les mutations de la cartographie à l'aube de l'ère moderne -- Naissance de la cartographie moderne : de Louis XIV à la carte de Cassini -- L'amélioration de la précision des mesures de la méridienne de Delambre et Méchain à la seconde guerre mondiale -- La question de la forme de la Terre -- L'évolution des cartes -- Automatisation et numérisation de la cartographie -- Les cartes et l'ordinateur -- ; Pt. 2. La carte et l'État, de la Renaissance à l'internet -- La carte et l'État moderne : les débuts de la cartographie officielle -- L'État et les cartes d'apparat -- La carte au service du gouvernement : la construction d'un outil d'administration -- Après les Cassini, le temps des militaires -- Cartographies coloniales -- Guerre et cartographie au XXe siècle -- La cartographie de guerre froide et la globalisation de la géodésie -- Les nouvelles cartographies militaires -- L'arme atomique et la géographie militaire -- Cartographies secrètes -- Les satellites d'observation et la question de la souveraineté -- Les débuts de la télédétection civile -- Les globes virtuels -- La circulation des images à haute définition -- La cartographie en ligne et les litiges territoriaux -- Les États face à la cartographie en ligne -- ; Pt. 3. Les imaginaires cartographiques -- L'évolution des imaginaires cartographiques -- La vogue cartographique du XVIIe siècle -- Cartographie et culture au XVIIIe siècle -- Les transformations de l'imaginaire cartographique au XIXe siècle -- Cartes et littérature au XXe siècle -- Cartes et cinéma -- Un nouveau regard sur la carte : les approches critiques -- Les imaginaires de la géographie numérique -- La grille et ses imaginaires -- Territoires de la paranoïa -- Lieux secrets -- Les nouveaux territoires de la guerre -- Les imaginaires cartographiques comme mode de lecture des cartes. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910305146403321 |
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Desbois Henri
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| Presses de l’enssib, 2015 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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MapForum.Com
| MapForum.Com |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, UK, : MapForum.Com, [1999]- |
| Soggetto topico |
Early maps - Collectors and collecting
Cartography - History Map collections Cartography |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
History
Periodicals. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti |
Map forum dot com
Map forum |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910139985603321 |
| London, UK, : MapForum.Com, [1999]- | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The mapmaker's quest [[electronic resource] ] : depicting new worlds in Renaissance Europe / / David Buisseret
| The mapmaker's quest [[electronic resource] ] : depicting new worlds in Renaissance Europe / / David Buisseret |
| Autore | Buisseret David |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (262 p.) |
| Disciplina | 526/.094 |
| Soggetto topico |
Cartography - Europe - History
Cartography - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-59448-9
9786613624314 0-19-153871-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; LIST OF PLATES; LIST OF FIGURES; Introduction: Mapping during the Middle Ages; 1. The influence of ancient Greece and Rome; 2. The painterly origins of some European mapping, 1420-1650; 3. Cartography among the ruling European elites, 1450-1650; 4. Mapping in the expansion of Europe, 1400-1700; 5. The maps drawn during the Military Revolution, 1500-1800; 6. Mapping countryside and town in the new economies, 1570-1800; Conclusion: The accelerating use of maps; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461096303321 |
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Buisseret David
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The mapmaker's quest : depicting new worlds in Renaissance Europe / / David Buisseret
| The mapmaker's quest : depicting new worlds in Renaissance Europe / / David Buisseret |
| Autore | Buisseret David |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (262 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 526/.094 |
| Soggetto topico |
Cartography - Europe - History
Cartography - History |
| ISBN |
1-280-59448-9
9786613624314 0-19-153871-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; LIST OF PLATES; LIST OF FIGURES; Introduction: Mapping during the Middle Ages; 1. The influence of ancient Greece and Rome; 2. The painterly origins of some European mapping, 1420-1650; 3. Cartography among the ruling European elites, 1450-1650; 4. Mapping in the expansion of Europe, 1400-1700; 5. The maps drawn during the Military Revolution, 1500-1800; 6. Mapping countryside and town in the new economies, 1570-1800; Conclusion: The accelerating use of maps; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790150403321 |
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Buisseret David
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| Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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