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PUBLICATION DETAILS: Singapore: World Scientific Publishing, 1992.ย By Thomas Suรกrez Hard cover. ย 9โw x 12โh. xiii, 203 pp. Illustrated. 61 maps, 40 full-page b/w plates, 25 full-page color plates. First edition. Based on selected works from the Sidney R. Knafel collection of early maps, atlases and globes, 1434-186 with emphasis on the period before 1600.
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CONTENTS:
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Part One: A World Called Europe:
Precedents
The World As Known to Medieval Europe
Classical Enlightenment: The Renaissance Before Columbus
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Part Two: A New World:
The Western Antipodes?
The Race to Skirt America
Truly a Fourth Part of the Globe
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Part Three: Early Colonization:
The British and French
The Dutch
Pre- and Post- Revolution
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CONDITION: Inscribed by the author. Dj and book in like-new condition.
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