Maps and the Writing of Space in Early Modern England and Ireland
Maps and the Writing of Space in Early Modern England and Ireland

Author: B. Klein

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2001-01-11

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0230598110

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Maps make the world visible, but they also obscure, distort, idealize. This wide-ranging study traces the impact of cartography on the changing cultural meanings of space, offering a fresh analysis of the mental and material mapping of early modern England and Ireland. Combining cartographic history with critical cultural studies and literary analysis, it examines the construction of social and political space in maps, in cosmography and geography, in historical and political writing, and in the literary works of Marlowe, Shakespeare, Spenser and Drayton.

Antipodes
Antipodes

Author: Avan Judd Stallard

Publisher: Australian History

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781925377323

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This book is a new history of an ancient geography. It reassesses the evidence for why Europeans believed a massive southern continent existed, and why they advocated for its discovery. When ships were equal to ambitions, explorers set out to find and claim Terra Australis. Antipodes charts these voyages?voyages both through the imagination and across the High Seas?in pursuit of the mythical Terra Australis. In doing so, the question is asked: how could so many fail to see the realities they encountered? And how is it a mythical land held the gaze of an era famed for breaking free the shackles of superstition? That Terra Australis did not exist didn?t stop explorers pursuing the continent, unwilling to abandon the promise of such a rich and magnificent land till it was stripped of every ounce of value it had ever promised. In the process, the southern continent?an imaginary land?became one of the shaping forces of early modern history. Includes 48 pages of b & w and colour images.

Genealogy of the Ives Family
Genealogy of the Ives Family

Author: Arthur Coon Ives

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2019-01-16

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9781397290571

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Excerpt from Genealogy of the Ives Family: Including a History of the Early Settlements and the Movement From Quinnipiac to the Black River Country There are those who insist that the value of a genealogy is not in keeping with the work involved in its publication. Still, the worth of a record grows with the passing of years, and if some future generation shall peruse these pages with a measure of the enjoyment experienced in its preparation this effort will not have been in vain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Memoirs of the Wilkinson family in America
Memoirs of the Wilkinson family in America

Author: Israel Wilkinson

Publisher: Рипол Классик

Published: 19??

Total Pages: 595

ISBN-13: 5883411886

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Memoirs of the Wilkinson family in America : comprising genealogical and biographical sketches of Lawrance Wilkinson of Providence, R.I., Edward Wilkinson of New Milford, Conn., John Wilkinson of Attleborough, Mass., Daniel Wilkinson of Columbia Co., N.Y.