From jellied seas to open waterways: redefining the northern limit of the knowable world
In the ancient world, the northern limits of Europe were unknown, and believed to be unknowable. Geographers constructed a mental framework for the continent that restricted human inhabitation to more southerly regions. The constituents of this frame were: a region of monstrous creatures, a zone of...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1477-4658.2007.00419.x 2024-06-02T08:01:55+00:00 From jellied seas to open waterways: redefining the northern limit of the knowable world Small, Margaret 2007 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-4658.2007.00419.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1477-4658.2007.00419.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1477-4658.2007.00419.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Renaissance Studies volume 21, issue 3, page 315-339 ISSN 0269-1213 1477-4658 journal-article 2007 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-4658.2007.00419.x 2024-05-03T11:54:05Z In the ancient world, the northern limits of Europe were unknown, and believed to be unknowable. Geographers constructed a mental framework for the continent that restricted human inhabitation to more southerly regions. The constituents of this frame were: a region of monstrous creatures, a zone of uninhabitable wastelands, and ultimately, limitless ocean. By the sixteenth century, classically educated Europeans were sailing into the unknown Arctic regions in search of a north‐east passage, but their descriptions and even goals for exploration were still influenced by the classical preconceptions. The three elements of the classical frame were altered, but persisted in European geographical thought even after fifty years of northern exploration. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic North East Passage Wiley Online Library Arctic Renaissance Studies 21 3 315 339 |
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In the ancient world, the northern limits of Europe were unknown, and believed to be unknowable. Geographers constructed a mental framework for the continent that restricted human inhabitation to more southerly regions. The constituents of this frame were: a region of monstrous creatures, a zone of uninhabitable wastelands, and ultimately, limitless ocean. By the sixteenth century, classically educated Europeans were sailing into the unknown Arctic regions in search of a north‐east passage, but their descriptions and even goals for exploration were still influenced by the classical preconceptions. The three elements of the classical frame were altered, but persisted in European geographical thought even after fifty years of northern exploration. |
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