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发表于2024-10-21
A History of the World in Twelve Maps pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024
Throughout history, maps have been fundamental in shaping our view of the world, and our place in it. But far from being purely scientific objects, maps of the world are unavoidably ideological and subjective, intimately bound up with the systems of power and authority of particular times and places. Mapmakers do not simply represent the world, they construct it out of the ideas of their age. In this scintillating book, Jerry Brotton examines the significance of 12 maps - from the almost mystical representations of ancient history to the satellite-derived imagery of today. He vividly recreates the environments and circumstances in which each of the maps was made, showing how each conveys a highly individual view of the world. Brotton shows how each of his maps both influenced and reflected contemporary events and how, by reading it, we can better understand the worlds that produced it.
Although the way we map our surroundings is changing, Brotton argues that maps today are no more definitive or objective than they have ever been, but that they continue to define, shape and recreate the world. Readers of this book will never look at a map in quite the same way again.
Jerry Brotton is Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary University of London, and a leading expert in the history of maps and Renaissance cartography. His most recent book, The Sale of the Late King's Goods: Charles I and his Art Collection (2006), was short-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize as well as the Hessell-Tiltman History Prize. In 2010, he was the presenter of the BBC4 series 'Maps: Power, Plunder and Possession'.
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在《裴洞篇》中,苏格拉底曾想象自己升入空中俯瞰地球的场景——“据说它从上面看时好像一个由十二块皮子包裹的球,呈各种不同的颜色,我们在这里看到的颜色只是它们的摹本,像画家所画的那样。” 这本书的十二章地图来自人类历史各个时期,也呈现着各自迥异的色彩,...
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评分加拿大汉学家卜正民有一本著作,叫做《塞尔登的中国地图》。这幅地图得名于1654年将它捐赠给牛津大学博德利图书馆的英国律师约翰•塞尔登。塞尔登地图被认为是“700年来最重要的一幅中国地图”,不仅因它精确地描绘了当时中国的地理环境,卜正民尤其强调要注意塞尔登地图把中...
评分杰里·布罗顿/Jerry Brotton 杰里·布罗顿,伦敦大学玛丽王后学院文艺复兴研究中心教授,主要著作有《领土交易:现代早期世界的地图绘制》、《文艺复兴简史》(已有汉译本)、《全球性角度:东西方之间的文艺复兴艺术》等,BBC著名纪录片《地图:权力 掠夺和占有》主讲人。 ...
评分地图是科学与艺术的产物,是对感官世界的迷人解读。地图里,既有对空间的感知,同时也是关乎帝国、金钱与探索的认知。地图不仅标示山川河流,也是文化差异与偏见的明证。作者从现代地图之父托勒密说起,一直谈到最时髦的谷歌地图,尽管只选取了12张地图回顾并解读历史,书里依...
A History of the World in Twelve Maps pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024