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The Mirror of the worlde /a translation by Elizabeth Tanfield Cary ; edited and with an introduction by Lesley Peterson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: MapMapLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill Queens Univ, (c)2012.Description: 1 online resource (x, 248 pages)Content type:
  • cartographic data
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780773587731
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • G1016 .M577 2012
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
The Translator's "Pregnancy of Understanding": Elizabeth Tanfield's Style -- The Translator in the Priory: Influences and Contexts -- Note on the Text -- The Mirror of the Worlde (text and annotations) -- Appendix A Summary of all French Editions of Ortelius Printed by 1602 225 -- Appendix B Comparison of the Contents of The Mirror of the Worlde with the Contents of the 1590 Epitome and the 1598 Miroir -- Appendix C Complete Text of L'Epitome's Descriptions of "Lucembourg" (34v) and "Haynault" (35v).
Subject: An authoritative and comprehensive edition of the first known English translation of the first atlas of the world.
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction G1016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn820943529

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction Early Encounters with the World: Elizabeth Tanfield and Her Work -- The Translator's "Pregnancy of Understanding": Elizabeth Tanfield's Style -- The Translator in the Priory: Influences and Contexts -- Note on the Text -- The Mirror of the Worlde (text and annotations) -- Appendix A Summary of all French Editions of Ortelius Printed by 1602 225 -- Appendix B Comparison of the Contents of The Mirror of the Worlde with the Contents of the 1590 Epitome and the 1598 Miroir -- Appendix C Complete Text of L'Epitome's Descriptions of "Lucembourg" (34v) and "Haynault" (35v).

An authoritative and comprehensive edition of the first known English translation of the first atlas of the world.

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