TY - BOOK AU - Metcalf,Alida C. TI - Mapping an Atlantic world: circa 1500 SN - 9781421438535 AV - GA368 .M377 2020 PY - 2020/// CY - Baltimore PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - Cartographers KW - History KW - 16th century KW - Cartography KW - Atlantic Ocean Region KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; The Atlantic Ocean on the periphery --; 1500 --; Chartmakers --; The fourth part of the world --; Parrots and trees --; The cannibalist scene; 2; b N2 - "The year 1500, Metcalf argues, was a turning point in Europeans' understanding of their world in relation to the Atlantic Ocean. In the sixteenth century, cartographers began to conceptualize-and present to the public-an interconnected Atlantic World that was open and navigable, in contrast with the mysterious ocean that had blocked off the Western hemisphere before Columbus. The author contends that early modern cartographers were significant agents in the intellectual history of the Atlantic World"-- UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2446111&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -