Description:What lies behind an island? Is an island just a piece of land surrounded by water? Or is it from a cultural, symbolic, and even geographical perspective much more than that? Considering the symbolic nature of islands as a longue durée and through the analysis of maps, texts, and historical accounts, this book explores how the depiction of insularity encodes specific meanings and analytical levels which shed light on medieval and modern worldviews.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Mapping Insularity: A Visual History of Islands in Medieval and Early Modern Worlds. To get started finding Mapping Insularity: A Visual History of Islands in Medieval and Early Modern Worlds, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
134
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
BRILL
Release
2024
ISBN
9789004530904
Mapping Insularity: A Visual History of Islands in Medieval and Early Modern Worlds
Description: What lies behind an island? Is an island just a piece of land surrounded by water? Or is it from a cultural, symbolic, and even geographical perspective much more than that? Considering the symbolic nature of islands as a longue durée and through the analysis of maps, texts, and historical accounts, this book explores how the depiction of insularity encodes specific meanings and analytical levels which shed light on medieval and modern worldviews.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Mapping Insularity: A Visual History of Islands in Medieval and Early Modern Worlds. To get started finding Mapping Insularity: A Visual History of Islands in Medieval and Early Modern Worlds, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.