cam a22 4 4500 52902666X CHVBK 20201008063017.0 ki || 161104s2017 enkab e b 001 0 eng 978-0-7123-5616-9 pbk. (OCoLC)992166367 (IDSSG)001020197 AU@ eng AU@ OCLCO OCLCF STF SzZuIDS HSG rda eng GA359 .W47 2017 912.1962 23 623.89/2/0223 23 RB 10026 rvk RB 10217 rvk CH0018EE51034699EF6E8C125833600532299 iCapture Whitfield Peter 1947- (DE-588)132158604 Verfasser aut Charting the oceans Peter Whitfield First edition London The British Library 2017 © 2017 208 pages illustrations (some color), maps (some colour) 28 cm Text txt rdacontent/eng unbewegtes Bild sti rdacontent/eng kartografisches Bild cri rdacontent/eng ohne Hilfsmittel zu benutzen n rdamedia/eng Band nc rdacarrier/eng Includes bibliographical references (page 202) and index Mastery of the sea has been crucial in European history: the transition from the medieval to the modern world was marked by the emergence of European ships from their home waters out into the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Solving the problem of ocean navigation was an essential prelude to achieving international powers. In their sea-charts the maritime nations left a unique visual record of their response to the challenge of the sea. In succession Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, French and English mariners used their charts to express their claims to sovereignty of the seas and territories newly revealed by their naval explorers. This revised and updated book traces the history of charts as eloquent witnesses to the discovery of the world beyond Europe, and to man's evolving knowledge of the oceans. These charts employed a vivid artistic idiom which expressed man's passionate feeling for the sea: the gilded compasses, the nightmarish sea-creatures, the stately ships, the royal crests - all these were fused into a unique artistic practice, which flourished for four centuries.Featuring new photography of the British Library's most important maritime maps, Charting the Oceans is the definitive guide to this majestic art form.--Publisher's description Geschichte gnd Nautical charts History Ocean Maps Ocean Maps History Kartografie (DE-588)4029823-1 gnd Seekarte (DE-588)4180642-6 gnd Seeatlas (DE-588)4309903-8 gnd Entdeckungsreise (DE-588)4014842-7 gnd Weltumsegelung (DE-588)4015207-8 gnd Historische Kartografie (DE-588)4025109-3 gnd Bildband gnd-content British Library (DE-588)1023420-2 Herausgebendes Organ isb https://unisg.link/hm00668834 Inhaltsverzeichnis BK020000 XK020000 XK020000 IDSSG HSG HSG UG RB 10217 W595 C4 IDSSG 100 1- Whitfield Peter 1947- (DE-588)132158604 Verfasser aut IDSSG 710 2- British Library (DE-588)1023420-2 Herausgebendes Organ isb IDSSG 856 40 https://unisg.link/hm00668834 Inhaltsverzeichnis