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a 16th century map of the worl
Title: a 16th century map of the worl
Category: Literature / Novels
Details: Words: 487 | Pages: 2.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
a 16th century map of the worl
A 16th Century Map of the World
In James Cowan’s “A Mapmaker’s Dream,” a 16th century roman monk vicariously travels the world without actually leaving the confines of his monastery. The monk, named Fra Mauro, learns of the world through stories told by a variety of travelers. With his newly acquired perception of the world, Fra sets out to chart the lands that were, at that time, still being discovered. From these stories, …showed first 75 words of 487 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 487 total…is somewhat sketchy. We as intelligent human beings know there is no Cyclopedes or any tomb yielding endless amounts of honey, but to Fra these things must be true. He sees the world as a motley collection of people, places, and amazing religious and cultural phenomena. Despite all doubt about his thoughts on the existent world, Fra did not fail to capture the spirit of the locations he was to draw onto his mappi mundi.
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