The History of Cartography, Volume 3
Cartography in the European Renaissance
9780226907321
The History of Cartography, Volume 3
Cartography in the European Renaissance
When the University of Chicago Press launched the landmark History of Cartography series nearly thirty years ago, founding editors J.B. Harley and David Woodward hoped to create a new basis for map history. They did not, however, anticipate the larger renaissance in map studies that the series would inspire. But as the renown of the series and the comprehensiveness and acuity of the present volume demonstrate, the history of cartography has proven to be unexpectedly fertile ground.
Cartography in the European Renaissance treats the period from 1450 to 1650, long considered the most important in the history of European mapping. This period witnessed a flowering in the production of maps comparable to that in the fields of literature and fine arts. Scientific advances, appropriations of classical mapping techniques, burgeoning trade routes—all such massive changes drove an explosion in the making and using of maps. While this volume presents detailed histories of mapping in such well-documented regions as Italy and Spain, it also breaks significant new ground by treating Renaissance Europe in its most expansive geographical sense, giving careful attention to often-neglected regions like Scandinavia, East-Central Europe, and Russia, and by providing innovative interpretive essays on the technological, scientific, cultural, and social aspects of cartography.
Lavishly illustrated with more than a thousand maps, many in color, the two volumes of Cartography in the European Renaissance will be the unsurpassable standard in its field, both defining it and propelling it forward.
Cartography in the European Renaissance treats the period from 1450 to 1650, long considered the most important in the history of European mapping. This period witnessed a flowering in the production of maps comparable to that in the fields of literature and fine arts. Scientific advances, appropriations of classical mapping techniques, burgeoning trade routes—all such massive changes drove an explosion in the making and using of maps. While this volume presents detailed histories of mapping in such well-documented regions as Italy and Spain, it also breaks significant new ground by treating Renaissance Europe in its most expansive geographical sense, giving careful attention to often-neglected regions like Scandinavia, East-Central Europe, and Russia, and by providing innovative interpretive essays on the technological, scientific, cultural, and social aspects of cartography.
Lavishly illustrated with more than a thousand maps, many in color, the two volumes of Cartography in the European Renaissance will be the unsurpassable standard in its field, both defining it and propelling it forward.
Volumes One, Two, Three, Four, and Six are also available in PDF online.
2,272 pages | Set of 2 volumes, 80 color plates, 815 halftones, 150 line drawings, 20 tables | 8 1/2 x 10 3/4 | © 2007
Two clothbound books in boxed set.
Geography: Cartography
History: Discoveries and Exploration, European History
Reviews
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
List of Abbreviations
Part 1
Preface, David Woodward
Setting the Stage
1 Cartography and the Renaissance: Continuity and Change, David Woodward
2 The Role of Maps in Later Medieval Society: Twelfth to Fourteenth Century, Victoria Morse
The History of Renaissance Cartography: Interpretive Essays
Maps and Renaissance Culture
3 Images of Renaissance Cosmography, 1450–1650, Denis E. Cosgrove
4 Renaissance Star Charts, Anna Friedman Herlihy
5 Lunar, Solar, and Planetary Representations to 1650, R. H. van Gent and A. Van Helden
6 Globes in Renaissance Europe, Elly Dekker
7 The Renaissance Chart Tradition in the Mediterranean, Corradino Astengo
8 Isolarii, Fifteenth to Seventeenth Century, George Tolias
9 The Reception of Ptolemy’s Geography (End of the Fourteenth to Beginning of the Sixteenth Century), Patrick Gautier Dalché
10 Map Projections in the Renaissance, John P. Snyder
11 The European Religious Worldview and Its Influence on Mapping, Pauline Moffitt Watts
12 Early Modern Literature and Cartography: An Overview, Tom Conley
13 Literature and Mapping in Early Modern England, 1520–1688, Henry S. Turner
14 Cartography and Literature in Early Modern France, Nancy Bouzrara and Tom Conley
15 Literary Mapping in German-Speaking Europe, Franz Reitinger
16 Maps and Literature in Renaissance Italy, Theodore J. Cachey Jr.
17 Mapping Maritime Triumph and the Enchantment of Empire: Portuguese Literature of the Renaissance, Neil Safier and Ilda Mendes dos Santos
18 Literature and Cartography in Early Modern Spain: Etymologies and Conjectures, Simone Pinet
Technical Production and Consumption
19 Land Surveys, Instruments, and Practitioners in the Renaissance, Uta Lindgren
20 Navigation Techniques and Practice in the Renaissance, Eric H. Ash
21 Signs on Printed Topographical Maps, ca. 1470–ca. 1640, Catherine Delano-Smith
22 Techniques of Map Engraving, Printing, and Coloring in the European Renaissance, David Woodward
23 Centers of Map Publishing in Europe, 1472–1600, Robert Karrow
24 Maps as Educational Tools in the Renaissance, Lesley B. Cormack
25 Maps in Renaissance Libraries and Collections, George Tolias
Maps and Their Uses in Renaissance Governance
26 Maps and the Early Modern State: Official Cartography, Richard L. Kagan and Benjamin Schmidt
27 Portraying the City in Early Modern Europe: Measurement, Representation, and Planning, Hilary Ballon and David Friedman
28 Maps and Rural Land Management in Early Modern Europe, Roger J. P. Kain
29 Warfare and Cartography, ca. 1450 to ca. 1640, John Hale
30 Maps and Exploration in the Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries, Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Italian States
31 The Italian Map Trade, 1480–1650, David Woodward
32 Cycles of Painted Maps in the Renaissance, Francesca Fiorani
33 Cartography in the Duchy of Savoy during the Renaissance, Paola Sereno
34 Cartographic Activities in the Republic of Genoa, Corsica, and Sardinia during the Renaissance, Massimo Quaini
35 State, Cartography, and Territory in Renaissance Veneto and Lombardy, Emanuela Casti
36 Cartography in the Central Italian States from 1480 to 1680, Leonardo Rombai
37 Cartography in the Kingdom of Naples during the Early Modern Period, Vladimiro Valerio
Portugal
38 Portuguese Cartography in the Renaissance, Maria Fernanda Alegria, Suzanne Daveau, João Carlos Garcia, Francesc Relaño
Spain
39 Spanish Peninsular Cartography, 1500–1700, David Buisseret
40 Spanish Nautical Cartography in the Renaissance, Alison Sandman
41 Spanish Colonial Cartography, 1450–1700, David Buisseret
Part 2
German Lands
42 Cartography in the German Lands, 1450–1650, Peter H. Meurer
Low Countries
43 Surveying and Official Mapping in the Low Countries, 1500–ca. 1670, Cornelis Koeman and Marco van Egmond
44 Commercial Cartography and Map Production in the Low Countries, 1500–ca. 1672, Cornelis Koeman, Günter Schilder, Marco van Egmond, and Peter van der Krogt
45 Maritime Cartography in the Low Countries during the Renaissance, Günter Schilder and Marco van Egmond
46 Mapping the Dutch World Overseas in the Seventeenth Century, Kees Zandvliet
France
47 Maps and Descriptions of the World in Sixteenth-Century France, Frank Lestringant and Monique Pelletier
48 National and Regional Mapping in France to About 1650, Monique Pelletier
49 French Cartography: The ingénieurs du roi, 1500–1650, David Buisseret
50 Representations of Territory by Painters, Engineers, and Land Surveyors in France during the Renaissance, Monique Pelletier
51 The Mapping of Samuel de Champlain, 1603–1635, Conrad E. Heidenreich
52 Marine Cartography and Navigation in Renaissance France, Sarah Toulouse
53 Publishing and the Map Trade in France, 1470–1670, Catherine Hofmann
British Isles
54 Mapmaking in England, ca. 1470–1650, Peter Barber
55 Colonial Cartography in a European Setting: The Case of Tudor Ireland, J. H. Andrews
56 The Kingdom of Scotland: Cartography in an Age of Confidence, Jeffrey Stone
57 The London Map Trade to 1640, Laurence Worms
58 Chartmaking in England and Its Context, 1500–1660, Sarah Tyacke
59 Colonial Cartography under the Tudor and Early Stuart Monarchies, ca. 1480–ca. 1640, Robert C. D. Baldwin
Scandinavia
60 Scandinavian Renaissance Cartography, William R. Mead
East-Central Europe
61 Renaissance Cartography in East-Central Europe, ca. 1450–1650, Zsolt Török
Russia
62 Russian Cartography to ca. 1700, L. A. Goldenberg
Editor and Authors
Bibliographical Index
General Index, Margie
Setting the Stage
1 Cartography and the Renaissance: Continuity and Change, David Woodward
2 The Role of Maps in Later Medieval Society: Twelfth to Fourteenth Century, Victoria Morse
The History of Renaissance Cartography: Interpretive Essays
Maps and Renaissance Culture
3 Images of Renaissance Cosmography, 1450–1650, Denis E. Cosgrove
4 Renaissance Star Charts, Anna Friedman Herlihy
5 Lunar, Solar, and Planetary Representations to 1650, R. H. van Gent and A. Van Helden
6 Globes in Renaissance Europe, Elly Dekker
7 The Renaissance Chart Tradition in the Mediterranean, Corradino Astengo
8 Isolarii, Fifteenth to Seventeenth Century, George Tolias
9 The Reception of Ptolemy’s Geography (End of the Fourteenth to Beginning of the Sixteenth Century), Patrick Gautier Dalché
10 Map Projections in the Renaissance, John P. Snyder
11 The European Religious Worldview and Its Influence on Mapping, Pauline Moffitt Watts
12 Early Modern Literature and Cartography: An Overview, Tom Conley
13 Literature and Mapping in Early Modern England, 1520–1688, Henry S. Turner
14 Cartography and Literature in Early Modern France, Nancy Bouzrara and Tom Conley
15 Literary Mapping in German-Speaking Europe, Franz Reitinger
16 Maps and Literature in Renaissance Italy, Theodore J. Cachey Jr.
17 Mapping Maritime Triumph and the Enchantment of Empire: Portuguese Literature of the Renaissance, Neil Safier and Ilda Mendes dos Santos
18 Literature and Cartography in Early Modern Spain: Etymologies and Conjectures, Simone Pinet
Technical Production and Consumption
19 Land Surveys, Instruments, and Practitioners in the Renaissance, Uta Lindgren
20 Navigation Techniques and Practice in the Renaissance, Eric H. Ash
21 Signs on Printed Topographical Maps, ca. 1470–ca. 1640, Catherine Delano-Smith
22 Techniques of Map Engraving, Printing, and Coloring in the European Renaissance, David Woodward
23 Centers of Map Publishing in Europe, 1472–1600, Robert Karrow
24 Maps as Educational Tools in the Renaissance, Lesley B. Cormack
25 Maps in Renaissance Libraries and Collections, George Tolias
Maps and Their Uses in Renaissance Governance
26 Maps and the Early Modern State: Official Cartography, Richard L. Kagan and Benjamin Schmidt
27 Portraying the City in Early Modern Europe: Measurement, Representation, and Planning, Hilary Ballon and David Friedman
28 Maps and Rural Land Management in Early Modern Europe, Roger J. P. Kain
29 Warfare and Cartography, ca. 1450 to ca. 1640, John Hale
30 Maps and Exploration in the Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries, Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Italian States
31 The Italian Map Trade, 1480–1650, David Woodward
32 Cycles of Painted Maps in the Renaissance, Francesca Fiorani
33 Cartography in the Duchy of Savoy during the Renaissance, Paola Sereno
34 Cartographic Activities in the Republic of Genoa, Corsica, and Sardinia during the Renaissance, Massimo Quaini
35 State, Cartography, and Territory in Renaissance Veneto and Lombardy, Emanuela Casti
36 Cartography in the Central Italian States from 1480 to 1680, Leonardo Rombai
37 Cartography in the Kingdom of Naples during the Early Modern Period, Vladimiro Valerio
Portugal
38 Portuguese Cartography in the Renaissance, Maria Fernanda Alegria, Suzanne Daveau, João Carlos Garcia, Francesc Relaño
Spain
39 Spanish Peninsular Cartography, 1500–1700, David Buisseret
40 Spanish Nautical Cartography in the Renaissance, Alison Sandman
41 Spanish Colonial Cartography, 1450–1700, David Buisseret
Part 2
German Lands
42 Cartography in the German Lands, 1450–1650, Peter H. Meurer
Low Countries
43 Surveying and Official Mapping in the Low Countries, 1500–ca. 1670, Cornelis Koeman and Marco van Egmond
44 Commercial Cartography and Map Production in the Low Countries, 1500–ca. 1672, Cornelis Koeman, Günter Schilder, Marco van Egmond, and Peter van der Krogt
45 Maritime Cartography in the Low Countries during the Renaissance, Günter Schilder and Marco van Egmond
46 Mapping the Dutch World Overseas in the Seventeenth Century, Kees Zandvliet
France
47 Maps and Descriptions of the World in Sixteenth-Century France, Frank Lestringant and Monique Pelletier
48 National and Regional Mapping in France to About 1650, Monique Pelletier
49 French Cartography: The ingénieurs du roi, 1500–1650, David Buisseret
50 Representations of Territory by Painters, Engineers, and Land Surveyors in France during the Renaissance, Monique Pelletier
51 The Mapping of Samuel de Champlain, 1603–1635, Conrad E. Heidenreich
52 Marine Cartography and Navigation in Renaissance France, Sarah Toulouse
53 Publishing and the Map Trade in France, 1470–1670, Catherine Hofmann
British Isles
54 Mapmaking in England, ca. 1470–1650, Peter Barber
55 Colonial Cartography in a European Setting: The Case of Tudor Ireland, J. H. Andrews
56 The Kingdom of Scotland: Cartography in an Age of Confidence, Jeffrey Stone
57 The London Map Trade to 1640, Laurence Worms
58 Chartmaking in England and Its Context, 1500–1660, Sarah Tyacke
59 Colonial Cartography under the Tudor and Early Stuart Monarchies, ca. 1480–ca. 1640, Robert C. D. Baldwin
Scandinavia
60 Scandinavian Renaissance Cartography, William R. Mead
East-Central Europe
61 Renaissance Cartography in East-Central Europe, ca. 1450–1650, Zsolt Török
Russia
62 Russian Cartography to ca. 1700, L. A. Goldenberg
Editor and Authors
Bibliographical Index
General Index, Margie