Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Renaissance, Discovery, and the Written Word: Influences on Sixteenth-Century Geography
- 2 The Classical Revival and the New Geography
- 3 Defying the Limits of the World: Frigid and Torrid Zones in Sixteenth-Century Geography
- 4 Dispelling the Boundaries of the World: Ocean from Confine to Means of Communication
- 5 Balance and Opposition: the Physical Structure of the World
- 6 A Parallel World: Harmonia Mundi, Connection and Separation in the Western Continent
- 7 Moving Boundaries: The Monstrous and the Marvellous
- Conclusion: A World Made for Humans
- Bibliographies
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Renaissance, Discovery, and the Written Word: Influences on Sixteenth-Century Geography
- 2 The Classical Revival and the New Geography
- 3 Defying the Limits of the World: Frigid and Torrid Zones in Sixteenth-Century Geography
- 4 Dispelling the Boundaries of the World: Ocean from Confine to Means of Communication
- 5 Balance and Opposition: the Physical Structure of the World
- 6 A Parallel World: Harmonia Mundi, Connection and Separation in the Western Continent
- 7 Moving Boundaries: The Monstrous and the Marvellous
- Conclusion: A World Made for Humans
- Bibliographies
- Index
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- Framing the WorldClassical Influences on Sixteenth-Century Geographical Thought, pp. viiPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2020