Mapping Insularity: A Visual History of Islands in Medieval and Early Modern Worlds

Kevin Rodríguez Wittmann (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

134 Seiten

2024
Brill (Verlag)
9789004716452 (ISBN)

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Through the analysis of maps, texts and historical accounts and by considering the symbolic nature of islands, this book explores how the depiction of insularity encodes specific meanings and analytical levels which shed light on medieval and early modern worldviews.

What lies behind an island? Is an island just a piece of land surrounded by water? Or is it from a cultural, symbolic, and even geographical perspective much more than that? Considering the symbolic nature of islands as a longue durée and through the analysis of maps, texts, and historical accounts, this book explores how the depiction of insularity encodes specific meanings and analytical levels which shed light on medieval and modern worldviews.

Kevin Rodríguez Wittmann, Ph.D. (2021), University of La Laguna, Spain, is a postdoctoral researcher at the same university. He has published numerous articles and books on medieval and early modern maps, medieval travel literature, and cultural history.

Erscheinungsdatum	03.03.2025
Reihe/Serie	Brill Research Perspectives in Map History
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	239 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-13	9789004716452 / 9789004716452
Zustand	Neuware