Andrea Di Robilant: This Earthly Globe
This Earthly Globe
Buch
- A Venetian Geographer and the Quest to Map the World
- Random House Children's Books, 06/2024
- Einband: Gebunden
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9780307597076
- Bestellnummer: 11796607
- Umfang: 272 Seiten
- Gewicht: 553 g
- Maße: 235 x 159 mm
- Stärke: 19 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 18.6.2024
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
"In the autumn of 1550, a thick volume containing a wealth of new geographical information, with startling wood-cut maps of Africa, India and Indonesia, was published in Venice under the title Navigationi & Viaggi (Journeys & Navigations). The person who had edited this remarkable collection of travelogues, journals, and classified government reports was unknown. Two more volumes delivered the most accurate information on Asia and the "New" World that was available. 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 Orb, di Robilant brings to life the palace intrigues, editorial wheedling, delicate alliances, and vibrant curiosity that resulted in this coup by the editor G. B. Ramusio. Learned and self-effacing, he gathered a diverse 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 Hasan ibn Mohammad al-Wazzan of Andalusia; diverse voices spill out from these chapters as di Robilant recounts how Ramusio pursued them, and how he understood both the darker episodes of "exploration," which included colonial violence, and the voices 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 book publishing"--Biografie
Andrea di Robilant wurde 1957 in Rom geboren und lebt zurzeit mit seiner Familie in Rom, wo er als Journalist für die Tageszeitung "La Stampa" arbeitet. Er studierte an der Columbia University in New York Internationale Beziehungen.![Andrea Di Robilant: This Earthly Globe, Buch](https://lesen.de/image/w468/front/0/9780307597076.jpg)
Andrea Di Robilant
This Earthly Globe
EUR 30,40*