Magnificent maps (Питер Бардер: Великолепные карты)

Power, Propaganda and Art. Display maps have had a significant impact throughout history, yet since extremely few have survived this has not always been fully appreciated. These often magnificent maps, expressing an enormous variety of differing world views, used size and beauty to convey messages of status and power. This book takes the best surviving examples to re-establish manuscript, painted and mural maps as a major cultural medium, particularly in early modern Europe, by illustrating the settings in which they were displayed and discussing the background and purpose of individual examples.