Magellan's itinerary, the Jesuits, and the centre around the North Pole
"While the map is never the reality, in such ways it helps to create a different reality. Once embedded in the published text the lines on the map acquire an authority that may be hard to dislodge." (J. B. Harley, Deconstructing the Map) The Ship Victoria's Journey, a map by Heinrich...
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Summary: | "While the map is never the reality, in such ways it helps to create a different reality. Once embedded in the published text the lines on the map acquire an authority that may be hard to dislodge." (J. B. Harley, Deconstructing the Map) The Ship Victoria's Journey, a map by Heinrich Scherer, c. 1700, in the Atlas Novus collection This map shows the circumnavigation journey of the ship Victoria of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition, from and to Sevilla, thus the first ship ever to circumnaviga. |
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