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The Shaping of Africa - Cosmographic Discourse and Cartographic Science in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe (Paperback)
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The Shaping of Africa - Cosmographic Discourse and Cartographic Science in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Revivals
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This title was first published in 2002. When did Africa emerge as a
continent in the European mind? This book aims to trace the origins
of the idea of Africa and its evolution in Renaissance thought.
Particular attention is given to the relationship between the
process of acquiring knowledge through travel and exploration, and
its representation within a discourse which also includes
previously acquired cosmographical elements. Among the themes
investigated are: How did the image of Africa evolve from the
conception of a symbolic space to a Euclidean representation? How
did the Renaissance rediscovery of Antiquity interact with the
Portuguese discoveries along the African coast? And once Africa was
circumnavigated, how was the inner landmass depicted in the absence
of first-hand knowledge? Also, overall, in this whole process what
was the interplay of myth and reality?
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