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Cities of the Renaissance World: Maps from the Civitates Orbis Terrarum
Cities of the Renaissance World Maps from the Civitates Orbis Terrarum
Author: Michael Swift, Angus Konstam
The first volume of the Civitates Orbis Terrarum was published in Cologne in 1572. This great city atlas, edited by Georg Braun and largely engraved by Franz Hogenberg, eventually contained 546 images -- a bird's-eye views and maps of cities from all over the world. Braun, a cleric who lived in Cologne, was assisted in his project by Abraham Ort...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780785823803
ISBN-10: 0785823808
Publication Date: 2/6/2009
Pages: 224
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Publisher: Chartwell Books, Inc.
Book Type: Hardcover
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