Shedding the Veil: Mapping the European Discovery of America and the World

by Thomas Suárez

Shedding the Veil is a highly original overview of Europe's exploration and discovery beyond her own confines. It tackles the subject via an analysis of maps dating from circa 1434 to 1865, with an emphasis on the period before 1600. The book begins with an appraisal of the peculiar circumstances which led late medieval Europe to pursue long-distance travel, both overland and by sea, introduces cosmographic traditions inherited from classical times,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9810208693
• ISBN13: 9789810208691
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.