Mapping Insularity: A Visual History of Islands in Medieval and Early Modern Worlds
Published on 24. October 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
134 pages
978-90-04-71645-2 (ISBN)
Description
What lies behind an island? Is an island just a piece of land surrounded by water? Or is it from a cultural, symbolic, and even geographical perspective much more than that? Considering the symbolic nature of islands as a longue duree and through the analysis of maps, texts, and historical accounts, this book explores how the depiction of insularity encodes specific meanings and analytical levels which shed light on medieval and modern worldviews.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
227 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-71645-2 (9789004716452)
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Kevin Rodriguez Wittmann, Ph.D. (2021), University of La Laguna, Spain, is a postdoctoral researcher at the same university. He has published numerous articles and books on medieval and early modern maps, medieval travel literature, and cultural history.