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David
Buisseret.
The Mapmakers' Quest - Depicting New Worlds in
Renaissance
Europe.
Oxford University Press, 2003.
250pp.
Hardback ISBN
019210053X.
Publisher's
recommended price £20.00
Taking
as
a starting
point the question of why there were so few maps in Europe in 1400 and
so many by 1650, the book explores the reasons for this and its
implications
for European history. It examines, among other things, how mapping and
military
technology
advanced in tandem, how modern states' territories were mapped and
borders
drawn up, the role of maps in shaping the urban environment, and
cartography's
links to the new sciences.
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