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Ships on Maps

Pictures of Power in Renaissance Europe

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  • © 2010

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Authors:
  1. Richard W. Unger

    1. University of British Columbia, Canada

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Part of the book series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture (EMH)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Introduction: Maps and Mapping

    • Richard W. Unger
    Pages 1-10

  3. Making Maps without Ships, with Ships

    • Richard W. Unger
    Pages 11-16

  4. Mapping before the Renaissance

    • Richard W. Unger
    Pages 17-36

  5. Portolans and the Late Medieval Transition

    • Richard W. Unger
    Pages 37-61

  6. The Classical Revival, Printing and Maps

    • Richard W. Unger
    Pages 62-70

  7. New Routes and Portuguese Map Makers

    • Richard W. Unger
    Pages 71-94

  8. Iberian Influence in Southern Europe

    • Richard W. Unger
    Pages 95-124

  9. Northern Europe and Southern Practices

    • Richard W. Unger
    Pages 125-151

  10. Ships, Geography, and Humanism

    • Richard W. Unger
    Pages 152-176

  11. Epilogue

    • Richard W. Unger
    Pages 177-179

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 180-233
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Renaissance map-makers produced ever more accurate descriptions of geography, which were also beautiful works of art. They filled the oceans Europeans were exploring with ships and to describe the real ships which were the newest and best products of technology. Above all the ships were there to show the European conquest of the seas of the world.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of British Columbia, Canada

    Richard W. Unger

About the author

RICHARD W. UNGER trained as an economic historian and has published widely on ships and shipping before 1800, brewing from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century and on energy use and its impact in pre-modern Europe. He has taught history at the University of British Columbia for more than four decades.

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