Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 185 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 989 g
Medieval European Knowledge of America
Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 185 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 989 g
ISBN: 978-0-8018-6660-9
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
How did medieval Europeans have such specific geographic knowledge of North America, a land even their most daring adventurers had not yet discovered? In Erikson, Eskimos, and Columbus, James Robert Enterline presents new evidence that traces this knowledge to the cartographic skills of indigenous people of the high Arctic, who, he contends, provided the basis for medieval maps of large parts of North America. Drawing on an exhaustive chronological survey of pre-Columbian maps, including the controversial Yale Vinland Map, this book boldly challenges conventional accounts of Europe's discovery of the New World.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
List of Illustrations
Directory to the Chronological Survey
Preface and Acknowledgments
Front Map
Chapter 1. Introduction
Part I: Outstanding Misunderstandings
Chapter 2. Claudius Clavus
Chapter 3. The Inventio Fortunatae and Martin Behaim
Chapter 4. The Yale Vinland Map
Part II: The Chronological Survey
Chapter 5. Introduction to the Chronological Survey
A. Classical Norse Greenland
Chapter 6. Early Scandinavian Geography
Chapter 7. Communication Links with Greenland
Chapter 8. The Unseen Bridge
B. Uncovering an America
Chapter 9. Late Greenland-Based Exploration
Chapter 10. Foundations of European Misunderstandings
Chapter 11. News Penetrates the Establishment
Chapter 12. Europe's Westward Awakening
Chapter 13. Mastery of the Atlantic
C. Old Images in New Maps
Chapter 14. A New Continent Emerges
Chapter 15. An Old Continent Emerges
Chapter 16. The Misunderstandings Are Resolved
Chapter 17. Conclusion
Appendix: The Vinland Map's Ink
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Facsimile Atlases and Reproductions
Index
