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Evelyn Edson
3 quotes
“'Reading a map' in the Middle Ages could mean scanning great blocks of written matter, describing geographical, anthropological, and historical features. The Hereford map asks for the prayers of all those who 'see, read, hear or possess' it.”
Evelyn Edson (born 1940) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Behind the maps of the sixteenth century lies another story—the change in geographical conceptions, mapmaking, and map usage that took place in the late Middle Ages. Pietro Vesconte, Cresques Abraham, Fra Mauro, Andrea Bianco, and Henricus Martellus Germanus were among the medieval cartographers who began to reshape the image of the world before Columbus sailed west.”
Evelyn Edson (born 1940) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Looking at a medieval mappamundi (or world map) is a disorienting experience. Oriented to the east, displaying unfamiliar geographical forms and blanketed with images of strange animals and monstrous humans, it does not correspond to our modern concept of a world map.”
Evelyn Edson (born 1940) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source