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Reaktion Books - Picturing History: Trading Territories

Mapping the Early Modern World

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Trading Territories is a beautifully illustrated book that offers a new account of the status of maps and geographical knowledge in the early modern world. Situating the rise of early modern mapping within the context of the sea-borne commercial adventures of the early maritime empires, Jerry Brotton argues that it was trade, diplomacy, and financial speculation that defined the development of early maps and globes, rather than the disinterested intellectual pursuit of scientific accuracy and objectivity.

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Reaktion Books - Picturing History: Trading Territories, Jerry Brotton

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1997
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Title
Reaktion Books - Picturing History: Trading Territories
Subtitle
Mapping the Early Modern World
Language
English
Released
1997
Format
Hardcover
Pages
208
ISBN10
1861890117
ISBN13
9781861890115
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Trading Territories is a beautifully illustrated book that offers a new account of the status of maps and geographical knowledge in the early modern world. Situating the rise of early modern mapping within the context of the sea-borne commercial adventures of the early maritime empires, Jerry Brotton argues that it was trade, diplomacy, and financial speculation that defined the development of early maps and globes, rather than the disinterested intellectual pursuit of scientific accuracy and objectivity.