sea monsters on medieval and renaissance maps by chet van duzer

The sea monsters on medieval and Renaissance maps, whether swimming vigorously, gambolling amid the waves, attacking ships, or simply displaying themselves for our appreciation, are one of the most visually engaging elements on these maps, and yet they have never been carefully studied. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. A study of sea monsters on medieval and Renaissance maps. In this highly-illustrated book the author analyzes the most important examples of sea monsters on medieval and Renaissance maps produced in Europe, beginning with the earliest mappaemundi on which they appear in the tenth century and continuing to the end of the sixteenth century. Moreover, the sea monsters depicted on maps can supply important insights into the sources, influences, and methods of the cartographers who drew or painted them. The subject is important not only in the history of cartography, art, and zoological illustration, but also in the history of the geography of the 'marvellous' and of western conceptions of the ocean. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Sea monsters on medieval and renaissance maps by chet van duzer