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Imagined corners : exploring the world's first atlas

Binding, Paul2003
Books, Manuscripts
Published in Antwerp in 1570, the 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' did something no previous book had done: here was the world in all its component parts. Paul Binding introduces its author, Abraham Ortelius, and examines the economic, cultural, religious and political backdrop to his atlas.
Imprint:
London : Review, 2003.
Collation:
314 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), facsims. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.), ports. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.Bibliography: p. 303-305.
ISBN:
07472304049780747230403
Dewey class:
912'.09912.09
Language:
English
BRN:
444302
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