Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 314 pages: ill., maps; 25 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-305) and index. Contents: Backcloth -- The Theatrum Comes into Being -- The Theatrum as a Reality -- Inside the Theatrum. Subjects: Ortelius, Abraham 1527-1598. Ortelius, Abraham 1527-1598 Theatrum orbis terrarum. Cartographers Belgium Biography. Cartography Belgium Antwerp History 16th century. Atlases History. Geography History 16th century. Cartography History 1550-1600. Genre: Bibliography. Biography. Illustrated. 1 Kg.

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Title: Imagined corners: exploring the world's first atlas / Paul Binding
Publisher: London: Review
Publication Date: 2003
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0747230404
ISBN 13: 9780747230403
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition.
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Weight: 1 kilogram

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Published in Antwerp in 1570, the Theatrum orbis terrarum did something no previous book had done—it presented the world in all its component parts, offering the chance to see our planet as a place of staggering variety and ultimate unity. It was the world’s first atlas. Brainchild of Abraham Ortelius, the Theatrum reflected the enormous vitality of the era, the prevailing zest for exploration and discovery, and the linked activities of international commerce and mapmaking. Paul Binding has immersed himself in the Antwerp that produced Ortelius and his atlas, and he draws on a mass of letters, personal documents, maps, and pictures to bring it vividly to life. A masterly volume that stands as a tribute to the human need to impose order and reason on an all-too-turbulent world.

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Paul Binding is a novelist, critic, poet, cultural historian, and a Senior Associate Member of St Antony’s College, Oxford.

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