A Mapmaker's Dream: The Meditations of Fra Mauro, Cartographer to the Court of Venice
A Novel
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Word Count
44,000 words, Guess
Page Count
176 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Internet Archivemapmakersdreamme00cowa_143
- ISBN-101590305205
- ISBN-139781590305201
- LibraryThing168938
- Goodreads2426582
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- OCLC Control Number184991627
- Better World Books9781590305201
- Open LibraryOL8846113M
Description
A monk in 16th Century Venice creates a map of the world, based on the tales of travellers he receives in his monastery. Fra Mauro, official cartographer, interprets and speculates on the world, turning map making into a voyage of human imagination. By the author of Letters from the Wild Side.
First Sentence
FOR SOME TIME I have wanted to relate a circumstance that has been happening to me in recent years.
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