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| Acknowledgements |
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| Introduction |
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Part 1: The African Puzzle |
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Canon and variations on the medieval ecumene |
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7 | (16) |
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Marvels at the southern edge of the world |
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23 | (28) |
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Prester John: the migration of a legend |
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51 | (24) |
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Part 2: The Limits of Symbolic Space: From Allegorical Geometry to a Figurative World |
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Displaying Ham's territory |
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75 | (16) |
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The impact of portolan charts |
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91 | (26) |
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From the mirror of the ocean |
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117 | (32) |
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Part 3: Charting Euclidean Space: The Cartography of the Great Discoveries |
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Beyond the Pillars of Hercules |
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149 | (12) |
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From mare clausum to mare liberum |
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161 | (16) |
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Towards the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea |
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177 | (10) |
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Part 4: From the Form to the Contents: The Design of the Unknown |
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Ptolemy shifted, and yet the same |
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187 | (10) |
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The Mountains of the Moon |
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197 | (8) |
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205 | (10) |
| Conclusions: The Projection of the Renaissance Tradition |
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215 | (6) |
| Bibliography |
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221 | (44) |
| Index |
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