Ships on Maps

Ships on Maps
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 265
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ISBN-10 : 9780230282162
ISBN-13 : 0230282164
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Book Synopsis Ships on Maps by : Richard W. Unger

Download or read book Ships on Maps written by Richard W. Unger and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-08-04 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renaissance map-makers produced ever more accurate descriptions of geography, which were also beautiful works of art. They filled the oceans Europeans were exploring with ships and to describe the real ships which were the newest and best products of technology. Above all the ships were there to show the European conquest of the seas of the world.


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