Framing the World: Classical Influences on Sixteenth-Century Geographical Thought

by Margaret Small

The long sixteenth century saw a major shift in European geographical understanding: in the space of little more than a hundred years Western Europeans moved to see the world as a place in which all parts of the sphere were made by God for human exploitation and to interact with one another. Taking such a scenario as its historical backdrop, Framing the Early Modern World examines the influence of Greek and Roman ideas on the formulation of new...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783275200
• ISBN13: 9781783275205
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 263 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.9"