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Here Begins the Dark Sea

Name: Here Begins the Dark Sea
ISBN: 9781639364206

Venice, a Medieval Monk, and the Creation of the Most Accurate Map in the World

Meredith Francesca Small,

352 pages
English
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Available on iOS & Android

eBook - ePub

Here Begins the Dark Sea

Venice, a Medieval Monk, and the Creation of the Most Accurate Map in the World

Meredith Francesca Small,

About this book

The remarkable story of the cartographic masterpiece—theVenetian mappamundi— that revolutionized how we see the world. In 1459 a Venetian monk named Fra Mauro completed an astonishing map of the world. Seven feet in diameter, Fra Mauro's mappamundi is the oldest and most complete Medieval map to survive into modernity. And in its time, this groundbreaking mappamundi provided the most detailed description of the known world, incorporating accurate observation, and geographic reality, urging viewers to see water and land as they really existed. Fra Mauro's map was the first in history to show that a ship could circumnavigate Africa, and that the Indian "Sea" was in fact an ocean, enabling international trade to expand across the globe. Acclaimed anthropologist Meredith F. Small reveals how Fra Mauro's mappamundi made cartography into a science rather than a practice based on religion and ancient myths. Here Begins the Dark Sea brings Fra Mauro's masterpiece to life as a work of art and a window into Venetian society and culture. In telling the story of this cornerstone of modern cartography, Small takes the reader on a fascinating journey as she explores the human urge to find our way. Here Begins the Dark Sea is a riveting testament to the undeniable impact Fra Mauro and his mappamundi have had over the past five centuries and still holds relevance today.

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