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This Earthly Globe : A Venetian Geographer and the Quest to Map the World by Andrea Di Robilant (2024, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100307597075
ISBN-139780307597076
eBay Product ID (ePID)16062937477
Product Key Features
Book TitleThis Earthly Globe : a Venetian Geographer and the Quest to Map the World
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2024
TopicEarth Sciences / Geography, Europe / Italy, Europe / Renaissance, Literary
IllustratorYes
GenreScience, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorAndrea Di Robilant
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight18.8 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2023-038270
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"What happens when the whole world-picture changes rapidly and decisively? Who assembles the critical information needed to construct a radically new understanding of the way things are? Thanks to the digital revolution, we have been living through such a disorienting transformation, but it is not the first time that received wisdom has been shattered and in urgent need of reassembling. The epochal voyages of the late 15th and early 16th century tore up the traditional European map of the globe and its inhabitants. Andrea de Robilant's wonderful book explores a succession of thrilling, often terrifying encounters with the other and reconstructs the career of the visionary collector who gave the public access to knowledge of how profoundly their world had changed." --Stephen Greenblatt, author of The Swerve: How the World Became Modern, "An extraordinary story that reads more like a thriller than a book about history. A dazzling tale, brilliantly told." --Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads and The Earth Transformed "What happens when the whole world-picture changes rapidly and decisively? Who assembles the critical information needed to construct a radically new understanding of the way things are? Thanks to the digital revolution, we have been living through such a disorienting transformation, but it is not the first time that received wisdom has been shattered and in urgent need of reassembling. The epochal voyages of the late 15th and early 16th century tore up the traditional European map of the globe and its inhabitants. Andrea di Robilant's wonderful book explores a succession of thrilling, often terrifying encounters with the other and reconstructs the career of the visionary collector who gave the public access to knowledge of how profoundly their world had changed." --Stephen Greenblatt, author of The Swerve: How the World Became Modern "A treasure trove of exciting tales and adventures, populated by a fascinating cast, that gives a thorough understanding of how Europeans discovered and mapped the other continents." --Paul Strathern, author of The Medici, "An extraordinary story that reads more like a thriller than a book about history. A dazzling tale, brilliantly told." --Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads and The Earth Transformed "What happens when the whole world-picture changes rapidly and decisively? Who assembles the critical information needed to construct a radically new understanding of the way things are? Thanks to the digital revolution, we have been living through such a disorienting transformation, but it is not the first time that received wisdom has been shattered and in urgent need of reassembling. The epochal voyages of the late 15th and early 16th century tore up the traditional European map of the globe and its inhabitants. Andrea di Robilant's wonderful book explores a succession of thrilling, often terrifying encounters with the other and reconstructs the career of the visionary collector who gave the public access to knowledge of how profoundly their world had changed." --Stephen Greenblatt, author of The Swerve: How the World Became Modern "A treasure trove of exciting tales and adventures, populated by a fascinating cast, that gives a thorough understanding of how Europeans discovered and mapped the other continents." --Paul Strathern, author of The Medici "Andrea di Robilant takes us on a remarkable voyage of discovery, sharing the story of Giovambattista Ramusio, whose monumental work revolutionised our understanding of the world. The story brims with secrecy and skulduggery, drawing in popes and pirates, and beautifully captures the excitement and tumult of the years when Europeans were filling in the blank spaces on their maps. A great read for history buffs and adventure-seekers alike ." -- Ross King, author of The Shortest History of Italy
Dewey Decimal910.92
SynopsisFrom the author of the best-selling A Venetian Affair ("A narrative of novelistic resonance . . . Astonishing" -- The Washington Post ), the story of an Italian Renaissance book editor who introduced European minds to the wider world through his passion for geography In the autumn of 1550, a thick volume containing a wealth of geographical information new to Europeans, with startling wood-cut maps of Africa, India and Indonesia, was published in Venice under the title Navigationi et Viaggi (Journeys and Navigations). The editor of this remarkable collection of travelogues, journals and classified government reports remained anonymous. Two additional volumes delivered the most accurate information on Asia and the "New World" available at the time. The three volumes together constituted an unparalleled release of geographical data into the public domain. It was, Andrea di Robilant writes, the biggest Wikileak of the Renaissance. In This Earthly Globe, di Robilant brings to life the palace intrigues, editorial wheedling, delicate alliances and vibrant curiosity that resulted in this coup by the editor Giovambattista Ramusio. Learned and self-effacing, he gathered a vast array of both popular and closely guarded narratives, from the journals of Marco Polo (he fact-checked them!) to detailed reports on Northern African cultures from the Muslim scholar and diplomat al-Hasan ibn Mohammad al-Wazzan (later known as Leo Africanus). Diverse voices spill out from these chapters as di Robilant recounts how Ramusio pursued the sources, and how he understood both the darker episodes of "exploration" involving colonial violence and the voyage stories which included accounts of people from African and Asian lands, who had a great deal to share about their cultures. The result is a far-flung and delightful homage to one of the founding fathers of modern geography.
LC Classification NumberG69.R236D5 2024
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