John Rennie Short is a professor of geography and chair of the Department of Geography and Environmental Systems at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Illustrations
ix
Acknowledgments
xv
1. Introduction
1
(8)
2. Coordinating the World
9
(25)
3. Encompassing the World
34
(34)
4. Mapping the World
68
(41)
5. Navigating the Seas
109
(20)
6. Surveying the Land
129
(13)
7. Annexing Territories
142
(8)
8. Conclusions
150
(9)
Appendix A Selection of the Renaissance Translations of Ptolemy's Geography, 1475-1600
159
(2)
Notes
161
(6)
Selected Bibliography
167
(8)
Index
175
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