Trading Territories: Mapping the Early Modern World (Picturing History) - Hardcover
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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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Jerry Brotton is Lecturer in Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary, University of London, and is the co-author of Global Interests: Renaissance Art between East and West (Reaktion, 2000)
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Hardback. Condition: New. 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. Focusing on how early European geographers mapped the territories of the Old World - Africa and Southeast Asia - Trading Territories contends that the historical preoccupation with Columbus's 'discovery' of the New World in 1492 has tended to obscure the importance of the mapping of territories that have been defined as 'eastern'.The book situates the rise of early modern mapping within the context of the seaborne commercial adventures of the early maritime empires: the Portuguese, the Spanish, the Ottomans, the Dutch, and the English. It explores the fascinating ways in which maps and globes were used to mediate the commercial and diplomatic disputes between these empires - empires that came to value the map for what it told their powerbrokers about their place in the world, over and above its objective depiction of the world. Trading Territories argues that it was trade, diplomacy, and financial speculation that shaped the development of early maps and globes, rather than the disinterested intellectual pursuit of scientific accuracy and objectivity. Seller Inventory # LU-9781861890115
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 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. Focusing on how early European geographers mapped the territories of the Old World - Africa and Southeast Asia - Trading Territories contends that the historical preoccupation with Columbuss discovery of the New World in 1492 has tended to obscure the importance of the mapping of territories that have been defined as eastern. The book situates the rise of early modern mapping within the context of the seaborne commercial adventures of the early maritime empires: the Portuguese, the Spanish, the Ottomans, the Dutch, and the English. It explores the fascinating ways in which maps and globes were used to mediate the commercial and diplomatic disputes between these empires - empires that came to value the map for what it told their powerbrokers about their place in the world, over and above its objective depiction of the world. Trading Territories argues that it was trade, diplomacy, and financial speculation that shaped the development of early maps and globes, rather than the disinterested intellectual pursuit of scientific accuracy and objectivity. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR009998735
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