The Mirror of the worlde

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

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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cary, Elizabeth Tanfield
Other Authors: Peterson, Lesley
Format: eBook
Language:English
French
Published: Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill Queens Univ, 2012.
Series:EBSCO Academic Collection
Subjects:
Cary, Elizabeth, > Lady, > 1585 or 1586-1639.
Ortelius, Abraham, > 1527-1598.
Cary, Elizabeth, > Lady, > 1585 or 1586-1639
Ortelius, Abraham, > 1527-1598
Atlases > Early works to 1800.
World maps > Early works to 1800.
REFERENCE > Atlases & Gazetteers.
TRAVEL > Maps & Road Atlases.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Atlases
World maps
Early works
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Table of Contents:
  • 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).

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