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Mirror of the World: Literature, Maps, and Geographic Writing in Late Medieval and Early Modern England book cover

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Mirror of the World Literature, Maps, and Geographic Writing in Late Medieval and Early Modern England

By Meg Roland Copyright 2022
306 Pages 29 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

306 Pages 29 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

306 Pages 29 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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In the late fifteenth century, the production of print editions of Claudius Ptolemy’s second-century Geography sparked one of the most significant intellectual developments of the era—the production of mathematically-based, north-oriented maps. The production of world maps in England, however, was notably absent during this "Ptolemaic revival." As a result, the impact of Ptolemy’s text on... Read more

Introduction: ‘Master Ptolemy:’ The Ptolemaic Revival and the Trace of Ptolemy’s Geography in Early English Print Culture

1. Fluid Geographies: The Confluence of Medieval and Ptolemaic Space in Malory’s Le Morte Darthur

2. Cartographic Caxton: Myrrour of the World and Early English Print

3. The Equipollent Earth-Apple: Mandeville’s Travels, the Behaim Globe, and Globes in Tudor England

4. The Painted World: John Rastell’s Stage Globe and Geographic Pleasure in Early Tudor England

5. ‘After Poyetes and Astronomiers:’ The Kalender of Shepherds, and Ptolemaic Geography in Popular Print

Epilogue and Analogue: What the "Poets and Astronomers" of the Ptolemaic Revival Offer the Spatial Humanities

Biography

Meg Roland is currently Dean of Arts, Social Science, and Humanities at Linn-Benton Community College in Oregon. She was Professor of English at Concordia University, Portland, Oregon, and previously taught medieval literature and material culture at Marylhurst University.

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