Mapping the Renaissance world : the geographical imagination in the age of discovery / Frank Lestringant ; translated by David Fausett ; foreword by Stephen Greenblatt

This study examines the work of sixteenth-century traveller and map-maker Andre Thevet, exploring the transformation of world knowledge during the Renaissance. It analyses the relationship between representation and power during the age of discovery.

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