The worldmakers global imagining in early modern Europe

Introduction : worldmaking and the project of modernity -- Mapping the body, mapping the world : Mercator's Atlas -- On cosmographic autobiography : Montaigne's Essais -- Cosmic politics : the worldly epics of Camões and Spenser -- Cartesian romance : universal origins and Le monde -- &quo...

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1. Verfasser:	Ramachandran, Ayesha (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:	eng
Veröffentlicht:	Chicago, London The University of Chicago Press 2015
Schlagworte:	Geographical perception > Human geography > Historical geography > Cosmography > Philosophy and science > History > Europe > Civilization > Welt > Kartografie > Kosmografie > Geografie > Philosophie > Geschichte 1600-1800
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Zusammenfassung:	Introduction : worldmaking and the project of modernity -- Mapping the body, mapping the world : Mercator's Atlas -- On cosmographic autobiography : Montaigne's Essais -- Cosmic politics : the worldly epics of Camões and Spenser -- Cartesian romance : universal origins and Le monde -- "This pendant world" : creating Miltonic modernity -- Epilogue : from cosmography to cosmopolitanism. Introduction : worldmaking and the project of modernity -- Mapping the body, mapping the world : Mercator's Atlas -- On cosmographic autobiography : Montaigne's Essais -- Cosmic politics : the worldly epics of Camões and Spenser -- Cartesian romance : universal origins and Le monde -- "This pendant world" : creating Miltonic modernity -- Epilogue : from cosmography to cosmopolitanism
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:	288 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 23 cm
ISBN:	9780226288796 978-0-226-28879-6