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Van punt to mijl : de vroegere voet-, roede- en mijlmaten in Nederland
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ISBN: 9789082747409 9082747405 Year: 2017 Publisher: Amersfoort Flinc.Create


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The first mapping of America : the general survey of British North America
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ISBN: 9781780764429 1780764421 Year: 2017 Publisher: London New York I.B. Tauris

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The First Mapping of America tells the story of the General Survey. At the heart of the story lie the remarkable maps and the men who made them - the commanding and highly professional Samuel Holland, Surveyor-General in the North, and the brilliant but mercurial William Gerard De Brahm, Surveyor-General in the South. Battling both physical and political obstacles, Holland and De Brahm sought to establish their place in the firmament of the British hierarchy. Yet the reality in which they had to operate was largely controlled from afar, by Crown administrators in London and the colonies and by wealthy speculators, whose approval or opposition could make or break the best laid plans as they sought to use the Survey for their own ends.


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Early dutch maritime cartography : the North Holland School of Cartography. (c.1580-c.1620)
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ISBN: 9004338020 9789004338029 Year: 2017 Volume: 17 Publisher: Leiden ; Boston Brill, Hes & De Graaf

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This book fills a void, existing currently in the knowledge of early Dutch Maritime Cartography. Before Amsterdam developed into Europe?s most important commercial hub in the seventeenth century, demanding and controlling manufacture of maps and sea-charts, a major School of Cartography already flourished in the so-called 'Kop van Noord-Holland', the region just north of Amsterdam. This School specialised in the production of small-scale charts of larger areas, like European coastlines, the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. Its representatives used to call themselves 'çaert-schrijvers' or 'map-scribes' when clarifying their profession. The cities of Enkhuizen and Edam were important trading ports and as such provided an ideal environment for developing into centres of cartography, serving sea-borne navigation. 0Apart from the well-known printed pilot guides by Lucas Jansz. Waghenaer, the output of these 'caert-schrijvers' consists mainly of manuscript charts on vellum. Copies, although few, are nowadays to be found all over the world. Charts were actually used on board for their application in navigation; another category, however, may also be distinguished. These were to serve in offices of rich ship owners and merchants as wall-decoration and source of information. They feature a decorative lay-out and are magnificently coloured. In view of the miniature paintings they sometimes contain, they surely rate among the most beautiful sea-charts ever produced by Dutch Cartography in the Golden Age.


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Vincenzo Coronelli cosmographer (1650-1718)
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ISBN: 9782503564616 2503564615 Year: 2017 Volume: 13 Publisher: Turnhout: Brepols,


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Aus allen Weltteilen Ägypten mit Sudan und Libyen
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ISBN: 3662462737 3662462745 9783662462737 Year: 2017 Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer Spektrum,

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Aus allen Weltteilen – Ägypten mit Sudan und Libyen Die Reihe Geographische Anthologie des 19. Jahrhunderts lässt das größte Zeitalter der Entdeckungen wieder auferstehen, in dem sich die Geographie als Fachwissenschaft ausbildete und das Publikum gebannt Entdeckern und Forschern in ferne Erdteile folgte. Eine vielfältige Zeitschriftenlandschaft brachte mit ebenso sachverständigen wie lebendigen Aufsätzen diese „neuen“ Weltteile in die Studierstuben und Wohnzimmer. Diese knappen Textformen des Neuen und Eigenartigen stellen einen Fundus der Weltentdeckung zwischen der Aufklärung und der Moderne dar. Die hier versammelten und erläuterten originalen Texte und Karten heben einen lange verborgenen Wissensschatz. Eine ideale Ergänzung der aktuellen Länderkunden und Reiseführer! Der Band Aus allen Weltteilen – Ägypten mit Sudan und Libyen erläutert den gemeinsamen Hintergrund der modernen Staaten Ägypten, Sudan und Libyen als Teil des im Ersten Weltkrieg untergegangenen Osmanischen Großreichs und fördert dabei auch manche Ursache der gegenwärtigen Konflikte und Entwicklungsprobleme zutage. Für das osmanische Ägypten werden die geographisch spannendsten Räume und Themen in neun Kapiteln vorgestellt, darunter natürlich der Nil von den Quellflüssen bis zum Delta, die orientalische Stadt am Beispiel von Kairo und Alexandria, das Großprojekt des Suez-Kanals und die einrahmenden Wüstenlandschaften mit ihren Oasen. Der Sudan entstand ab 1820 als ägyptisches Kolonialgebiet, wobei die gewaltsame Zusammenfassung verschiedenster Kulturen und eine auf dem Sklavenhandel aufbauende Wirtschaft den Staatszerfall von 2011 geradezu vorzeichneten. Auch die aktuellen Probleme in Libyen sind schon im 19. Jahrhundert angelegt, wie etwa im Dualismus von Tripolitanien und der Cyrenaica sowie dem Anhängsel des von den Türken nie wirklich beherrschten Hinterlandes. Der Herausgeber Imre Josef Demhardt ist Historiker und Geograph. Seit 2008 hält er den Lehrstuhl für Geschichte der Kartographie an der University of Texas at Arlington.


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Orbis disciplinae : hommages en l'honneur de Patrick Gautier Dalché
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ISBN: 9782503567051 2503567053 Year: 2017 Publisher: Turnhout: Brepols,

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L'ouvrage réunit trente-six articles offerts à Patrick Gautier Dalché par ses amis, ses élèves et ses collègues à l'occasion de son départ en retraite. Pour rendre hommage à ses travaux, qui ont renouvelé les recherches sur l'histoire des perceptions et représentations de l'espace, les éditeurs ont souhaité rassembler des contributions qui pour l'essentiel s'incrivent dans cette même perspective, traitant des représentations spatiales aussi bien textuelles que cartographiques, savantes ou empiriques, dans la longue période de lui-même étudie, allant de l'Antiquité tardive au XVIe siècle.


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La fabrique de l'océan Indien : cartes d'Orient et d'Occident (Antiquité-XVIe siècle)
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ISBN: 9782859449797 2859449795 Year: 2017 Publisher: Publications de la Sorbonne

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Richement illustré, cet ouvrage invite à un voyage à travers plus de vingt siècles de cartographie, où l'on découvre comment l?océan Indien a été imaginé et représenté, en Orient et en Occident, depuis les premières cartes babyloniennes jusqu?aux planisphères de la fin du XVIe siècle. Il ne se contente pas de décrire l?émergence d?une cartographie moderne à partir des navigations européennes du XVIe siècle ; il considère aussi les savoirs issus des grandes aires de l?Ancien monde, de l?Extrême-Orient à l?Europe, en passant par les mondes de l?Islam, pour croiser les regards et explorer les approches communes qui, au-delà des distances géographiques et culturelles, ont façonné une image progressivement unifi ée de cet espace.


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Cosmos and community in early medieval art
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ISBN: 9780300219166 0300219164 9780300228496 030022849X 0300247761 9780300247763 Year: 2017 Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press,

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"In the rapidly changing world of the early Middle Ages, depictions of the cosmos represented a consistent point of reference across the three dominant states-the Frankish, Byzantine, and Islamic Empires. As these empires diverged from their Greco-Roman roots between 700 and 1000 A.D. and established distinctive medieval artistic traditions, cosmic imagery created a web of visual continuity, though local meanings of these images varied greatly. Benjamin Anderson uses thrones, tables, mantles, frescoes, and manuscripts to show how cosmological motifs informed relationships between individuals, especially the ruling elite, and communities, demonstrating how domestic and global politics informed the production and reception of these depictions. The first book to consider such imagery across the dramatically diverse cultures of Western Europe, Byzantium, and the Islamic Middle East, [it] illuminates the distinctions between the cosmological art of these three cultural spheres, and reasserts the centrality of astronomical imagery to the study of art history"--Jacket flap.


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Voyage of discovery : exploring the collections of the Asian Library at Leiden University
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ISBN: 9789087282745 9087282745 9789400602816 9789400608283 9789400602823 Year: 2017 Publisher: Leiden Leiden University Press

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The Asian Library of Leiden University houses the world renowned and extensive Asian collections. This includes the largest collection on Indonesia worldwide and some of the foremost collections on South and Southeast Asia, China, Japan and Korea. 'Voyage of Discovery' contains more than twenty essays of academics, curators and authors on various aspects of the collections. The book is richly illustrated and showcases twenty-five treasures from the Asian Library, including unique manuscripts and rare maps. Alexander Reeuwijk is a writer with a focus on Asia, natural history and travel histories. His published books include works on the evolution theory, Indonesia and Iran.

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Academic libraries --- Library resources --- 094:958 --- 027.7 <492> --- 091 <5> --- 912 <5> --- 912 <5> Cartografie. Kaarten. Plattegronden. Atlassen--Azië --- 912 <5> Cartography. Maps. Atlasses--Azië --- Cartografie. Kaarten. Plattegronden. Atlassen--Azië --- Cartography. Maps. Atlasses--Azië --- 091 <5> Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Azië --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Azië --- 027.7 <492> Bibliotheken voor Hoger Onderwijs en universiteiten--Nederland --- Bibliotheken voor Hoger Onderwijs en universiteiten--Nederland --- 094:958 Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora-:-Geschiedenis van Centraal-Azië --- Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora-:-Geschiedenis van Centraal-Azië --- College libraries --- Libraries, University and college --- University libraries --- Libraries --- Libraries and colleges --- Public libraries --- Information resources --- Library materials --- Services to colleges and universities --- Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden. --- Leyden. --- Leiden University Library --- Universiteits-bibliotheek te Leiden --- Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden --- Leidsche Universiteits Bibliotheek --- Leĭdenskai︠a︡ universitetskai︠a︡ biblioteka --- Universitätsbibliothek Leiden --- Universiteitsbibliotheek te Leiden --- Perpustakaan Universitas Leiden --- Leidse Universiteitsbibliotheek --- Bibliotheca Universitatis Leidensis --- Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden --- Documentation and information --- University Library


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Erudite eyes
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ISBN: 9789004341678 9789004342484 9004341676 9004342486 Year: 2017 Volume: 14 Publisher: Boston Brill

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"Erudite Eyes" explores the network of the Antwerp cartographer Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598), a veritable trading zone of art and erudition. Populated by such luminaries as Pieter Bruegel, Joris Hoefnagel, Justus Lipsius and Benedictus Arias Montanus, among others, this vibrant antiquarian culture yielded new knowledge about local antiquities and distant civilizations, and offered a framework for articulating art and artistic practice. These fruitful exchanges, undertaken in a spirit of friendship and collaboration, are all the more astonishing when seen against the backdrop of the ongoing wars. Based on a close reading of early modern letters, alba amicorum, printed books, manuscripts and artworks, this book situates Netherlandish art and culture between Bruegel and Rubens in a European perspective.

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76 <493> "15" --- 929 ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM --- 091:082.2 --- 930.85 "15/17" --- 930.85 "15/17" Cultuurgeschiedenis. Kultuurgeschiedenis--Moderne Tijd --- Cultuurgeschiedenis. Kultuurgeschiedenis--Moderne Tijd --- 929 ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM Biografie. Genealogie. Heraldiek--ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM --- Biografie. Genealogie. Heraldiek--ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM --- 76 <493> "15" Grafische kunsten. Grafiek. Prentkunst--België--16e eeuw. Periode 1500-1599 --- Grafische kunsten. Grafiek. Prentkunst--België--16e eeuw. Periode 1500-1599 --- Alba amicorum--(handschriften) - Voor libri amicorum over handschriften, zie {091 <082>} --- Renaissance --- humanists [people] --- intellectuals --- History of civilization --- artists [visual artists] --- Ortelius, Abraham --- 091:082.2 Alba amicorum--(handschriften) - Voor libri amicorum over handschriften, zie {091 <082>} --- Artists --- Humanists --- Merchants --- Social networks --- History --- Ortelius, Abraham, --- Friends and associates. --- Benelux countries --- Intellectual life --- Artistes --- Commerçants --- Humanistes --- Réseaux sociaux --- Benelux --- Vie intellectuelle --- Art dealers --- Flanders --- Friends and associates --- 912 <09> --- 929 --- 929 Biography. Genealogy. Heraldry --- Biography. Genealogy. Heraldry --- 929 Biografie. Genealogie. Heraldiek --- Biografie. Genealogie. Heraldiek --- 912 <09> Cartografie. Kaarten. Plattegronden. Atlassen--Geschiedenis van ... --- 912 <09> Cartography. Maps. Atlasses--Geschiedenis van ... --- Cartografie. Kaarten. Plattegronden. Atlassen--Geschiedenis van ... --- Cartography. Maps. Atlasses--Geschiedenis van ... --- Cartografie. Kaarten. Plattegronden. Atlassen--Geschiedenis van .. --- Cartografie. Kaarten. Plattegronden. Atlassen--Geschiedenis van . --- Cartografie. Kaarten. Plattegronden. Atlassen--Geschiedenis van --- artistic relations --- Ortelius, Abraham, - 1527-1598 --- Commerçants --- Réseaux sociaux --- Social networks.

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