An edition of A mapmaker's dream (1996)

A mapmaker's dream

the meditations of Fra Mauro, cartographer to the court of Venice

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An edition of A mapmaker's dream (1996)

A mapmaker's dream

the meditations of Fra Mauro, cartographer to the court of Venice

1st ed.
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In sixteenth-century Venice, in an island monastery, a cloistered monk experiences the adventure of a lifetime - all within the confines of his cell. Part historical fiction, part philosophical mystery, A Mapmaker's Dream tells the story of Fra Mauro and his struggle to realize his life's work: to make a perfect map - one that represents the full breadth of Creation.

News of Mauro's project attracts explorers, pilgrims, travelers, and merchants, all eager to contribute their accounts of faraway people and places. As he listens to the tales of the strange and fantastic things they've seen, Mauro comes to regard the world as much more than continents and kingdoms: that it is also made up of a vast and equally real interior landscape of beliefs, aspirations, and dreams. Mauro's map grows and takes shape, becoming both more complete and more incomprehensible.

In the process, the boundaries of Mauro's world are pushed to the extreme, raising questions about the relationship between representation, imagination, and the nature of reality itself.

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Publisher
Shambhala
Language
English
Pages
151

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Cover of: El sueño del hacedor de mapas
El sueño del hacedor de mapas
1997, Atlántida
in Spanish - 1a ed.
Cover of: Mapmakers Dream Meditations of Fra Mauro
Mapmakers Dream Meditations of Fra Mauro
June 5, 1997, Trafalgar Square
Hardcover - New Ed edition
Cover of: Mapmaker's Dream
Mapmaker's Dream
1997, Penguin Random House, Vintage Classics
in English
Cover of: A mapmaker's dream
A mapmaker's dream: the meditations of Fra Mauro, cartographer to the court of Venice
1997, Hodder & Stoughton
in English
Cover of: A mapmaker's dream
Cover of: A mapmaker's dream
A mapmaker's dream: the meditations of Fra Mauro, cartographer to the court of Venice
1996, Shambhala
in English - 1st ed.

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Published in
Boston, Ma

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823
Library of Congress
PR9619.3.C597 M36 1996, PR9619.3.C597M36

The Physical Object

Pagination
151 p. ;
Number of pages
151

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL970694M
ISBN 10
1570621969
LCCN
96007439
OCLC/WorldCat
34356645
Library Thing
168938
Goodreads
1442568

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