Meredith Francesca Small

Here Begins the Dark Sea

Venice, a Medieval Monk, and the Creation of the Most Accurate Map of the World

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Produktbeschreibung

The remarkable story of the cartographic masterpieceâ the Venetian mappa mundiâ that revolutionized how we see the world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pegasus Books
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 154mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 502g
• ISBN-13: 9781639364190
• ISBN-10: 1639364196
• Artikelnr.: 66226172

Autorenporträt

Meredith F. Small is a professor of anthropology at Cornell University and the author of Our Babies Ourselves; What's Love Got to Do With It? and Inventing the World: Venice and the Transformation of Western Civilization , also available from Pegasus Books. She has written for Natural History Magazine, Discover, Scientific American, and is a commentator for National Public Radio's All Things Considered. She lives in Philadelphia.