The Resource The fourth part of the world : the race to the ends of the Earth, and the epic story of the map that gave America its name, Toby Lester
The fourth part of the world : the race to the ends of the Earth, and the epic story of the map that gave America its name, Toby Lester
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- Summary
- A chronicle of the early sixteenth-century creation of the Waldseemüller map offers insight into how monks, classicists, merchants, and other contributors from earlier periods shaped the map's creation
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 442 pages
- Contents
-
- Awakening
- Old World. Matthew's maps ; Scourge of God ; The description of the world ; through the Ocean Sea ; Seeing is believing
- New World. Rediscovery ; Ptolemy the Wise ; the Florentine perspective ; Terrae incognitae ; Into African climes ; The learned men ; Cape of Storms ; Colombo ; The Admiral ; Christ-bearer ; Amerigo
- The whole world. Gymnasium ; World without end ; Afterworld
- The way of the world
- Appendix. The Stevens-Brown map
- Isbn
- 9781416535317
- Label
- The fourth part of the world : the race to the ends of the Earth, and the epic story of the map that gave America its name
- Title
- The fourth part of the world
- Title remainder
- the race to the ends of the Earth, and the epic story of the map that gave America its name
- Statement of responsibility
- Toby Lester
- Subject
-
- Names, Geographical -- United States
- Travelers' writings, European
- trueUnited States
- trueUnited States -- Maps -- History
- trueVoyages and travels -- History -- To 1500
- Waldseemüller, Martin, 1470-1519
- trueWorld maps
- trueWorld maps -- History
- America -- Maps -- History
- trueAmerica -- Name
- trueCartography -- History
- trueDiscoveries (in geography) -- History
- Discoveries in geography -- History -- To 1500
- trueExploration -- History
- trueNames, Geographical
- Paris, Matthew, 1200-1259
- Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?
- trueTravelers
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A chronicle of the early sixteenth-century creation of the Waldseemüller map offers insight into how monks, classicists, merchants, and other contributors from earlier periods shaped the map's creation
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 330716
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lester, Toby
- Dewey number
- 912.73
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E18.75
- LC item number
- .L47 2009
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Waldseemüller, Martin
- Paris, Matthew
- Polo, Marco
- World maps
- Cartography
- Voyages and travels
- Discoveries in geography
- Travelers' writings, European
- America
- America
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the race to the ends of the Earth, and the epic story of the map that gave America its name
- Label
- The fourth part of the world : the race to the ends of the Earth, and the epic story of the map that gave America its name, Toby Lester
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-435) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Awakening -- Old World. Matthew's maps ; Scourge of God ; The description of the world ; through the Ocean Sea ; Seeing is believing -- New World. Rediscovery ; Ptolemy the Wise ; the Florentine perspective ; Terrae incognitae ; Into African climes ; The learned men ; Cape of Storms ; Colombo ; The Admiral ; Christ-bearer ; Amerigo -- The whole world. Gymnasium ; World without end ; Afterworld -- The way of the world -- Appendix. The Stevens-Brown map
- Control code
- 760521
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xii, 442 pages
- Isbn
- 9781416535317
- Lccn
- 2009001230
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781416535317
- (OCoLC)300279775
- Label
- The fourth part of the world : the race to the ends of the Earth, and the epic story of the map that gave America its name, Toby Lester
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-435) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Awakening -- Old World. Matthew's maps ; Scourge of God ; The description of the world ; through the Ocean Sea ; Seeing is believing -- New World. Rediscovery ; Ptolemy the Wise ; the Florentine perspective ; Terrae incognitae ; Into African climes ; The learned men ; Cape of Storms ; Colombo ; The Admiral ; Christ-bearer ; Amerigo -- The whole world. Gymnasium ; World without end ; Afterworld -- The way of the world -- Appendix. The Stevens-Brown map
- Control code
- 760521
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xii, 442 pages
- Isbn
- 9781416535317
- Lccn
- 2009001230
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781416535317
- (OCoLC)300279775
Subject
- Names, Geographical -- United States
- Travelers' writings, European
- trueUnited States
- trueUnited States -- Maps -- History
- trueVoyages and travels -- History -- To 1500
- Waldseemüller, Martin, 1470-1519
- trueWorld maps
- trueWorld maps -- History
- America -- Maps -- History
- trueAmerica -- Name
- trueCartography -- History
- trueDiscoveries (in geography) -- History
- Discoveries in geography -- History -- To 1500
- trueExploration -- History
- trueNames, Geographical
- Paris, Matthew, 1200-1259
- Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?
- trueTravelers
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