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Sea Monsters on Medieval (Paperback)
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Sea Monsters on Medieval (Paperback)
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The sea monsters on medieval and Renaissance maps, whether swimming
vigorously, gambolling amid the waves, attacking ships, or simply
displaying themselves for our appreciation, are one of the most
visually engaging elements on these maps, and yet they have never
been carefully studied. The subject is important not only in the
history of cartography, art, and zoological illustration, but also
in the history of the geography of the 'marvellous' and of western
conceptions of the ocean. Moreover, the sea monsters depicted on
maps can supply important insights into the sources, influences,
and methods of the cartographers who drew or painted them. In this
highly-illustrated book the author analyzes the most important
examples of sea monsters on medieval and Renaissance maps produced
in Europe, beginning with the earliest mappaemundi on which they
appear in the tenth century and continuing to the end of the
sixteenth century.
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