HISB31H3 Lecture : HistoryLecture13Oct27.docx
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History lecture 13 oct 27th, 2010 final exam - will have identifications only from the midterm point on, but also essay question = cumulative, covers all of the course. People- gerard mercator, ptolemy, piri reis, abraham ortelius, matteo ricci. Concepts- imperial cartography, mercator projection, mappamundi, t-o map, portolan chart, Competing ways of imagining and depicting t world in different times, places, and social contexts. How cartography depended on other projects of cultural renewal and gave them distinct shape. The deep (and reciprocal) links between map-making and empire-building. Marco polo kneeling before kubilai khan, miniature cs. Expected to explain a message of salvation, persent jerusalem as centre of the map. Hereford mappa mundi produced in england in 13th (world map) ca. 1300 - drawing of history of human kind adjouring the map, 500 drawings, 14 biblical events, 8 pictures meideval mythology, empirical view of world through voyages got combined with biblical explanation of the world.
