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    Four Points of the Compass

    Jerry Brotton

    From the New York Times bestselling author of A History of the World in 12 Maps, this is the revelatory history of the four cardinal directions that have oriented and…

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    The Four Points of the Compass: North and South, East and West

    Jerry Brotton

    North, south, east and west: almost all societies use the four cardinal directions to orientate themselves, to understand who they are by projecting where they are. For millennia, these four…

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    A History of the World in 12 Maps

    Jerry Brotton

    First published in Great Britain by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, Ltd. –T.p. verso.

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    The Sultan and the Queen: The Untold Story of Elizabeth and Islam

    Jerry Brotton

    The gripping story of Queen Elizabeth’s bold alliance with the Ottoman sultan by the New York Times bestselling author of A History of the World in Twelve Maps.

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    This Orient Isle: Elizabethan England and the Islamic World

    Jerry Brotton

    In 1570, when it became clear she would never be gathered into the Catholic fold, Elizabeth I was excommunicated by the Pope. This marked the beginning of an extraordinary English…

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    Trading Territories: Mapping the Early Modern World

    Jerry Brotton

    Trading Territories tells the compelling story of maps and geographical knowledge in the early modern world from the fifteenth to the early seventeenth century.

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    A History of the World in Twelve Maps

    Jerry Brotton

    Examines the significance of 12 maps - from the almost mystical representations of ancient history to the satellite-derived imagery. This title recreates the environments and circumstances in which each of…

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    Great Maps: The World’s Masterpieces Explored and Explained

    Jerry Brotton

    Why do we put north at the top of maps? Which maps show us the way to Heaven, and which show the land of no sunshine or the land of…

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    Talking Maps

    Jerry Brotton,Nick Millea

    Drawing on the Bodleian Library’s outstanding map collection and covering almost a thousand years, ‘Talking Maps’ takes a new approach to map-making by showing how maps and stories have always…

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    Global Interests: The Material Culture of Early Modern Europe

    Jerry Brotton,Lisa Jardine

    In this groundbreaking, highly provocative examination of the Renaissance, Jerry Brotton and Lisa Jardine raise questions about the formation of cultural identity in Western Europe. Through an analysis of the…

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    Fifty Maps and the Stories they Tell

    Jerry Brotton,Nick Millea

    This book is a treasure-trove of cartographical delights spanning over a thousand years. Each map is accompanied by a narrative revealing the story behind how it came to be made…

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    Great Maps: The World’s Masterpieces Explored and Explained

    Jerry Brotton,DK Publishing

    Why do we put north at the top of maps? Which maps show us the way to Heaven, and which show the land of no sunshine or the land of…

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    Global Interests: Renaissance Art Between East and West

    Lisa Jardine,Jerry Brotton

    Presents a re-assessment of Renaissance art. This title examines the ways in which Europeans interacted and exchanged art objects with the East, and how that process contributed to Western cultural…

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    Trading Territories: Mapping the Early Modern World

    Jerry Brotton (Research Fellow, School of English, University of Leeds)

    This illustrated text documents the dramatic changes in the nature of geographical representation which took place during the 16th century, explaining how much they convey about the transformation of European…

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    The Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction

    Jerry Brotton (Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary, University of London)

    This wide-ranging exploration of the Renaissance sees the period as a time of unprecedented intellectual excitement and cultural experimentation and interaction on a global scale. It guides the reader through…

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    The Renaissance Bazaar: from the Silk Road to Michelangelo

    Jerry Brotton (Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary, University of London)

    This wide-ranging exploration of the Renaissance sees the period as a time of unprecedented intellectual excitement and cultural experimentation and interaction on a global scale. It guides the reader through…

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    Damien Hirst: Black Scalpel Cityscapes

    Jerry Brotten,Michael Bracewell

    In 2014, Damien Hirst (born 1965) unveiled a new series of paintings composed of vast numbers of surgical instruments, which combine to form bird’s-eye views of cities from around the…

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    Damien Hirst: Black Scalpel Cityscapes: Limited Edition

    In 2014, Damien Hirst (born 1965) unveiled a new series of paintings made up of vast numbers of surgical instruments that combine to form bird’s-eye views of cities from around…

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    Jan Hendrix: Landfall

    Published on occasion of the exhibition Jan Hendrix. Landfall (May 4 to September 22, 2019) MUAC, Museo Universitario Arte Contemporaaneo. UNAM, Universidad Nacional Autaonoma de Maexico, Mexico City; (November 24…

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    Ecotheology and Nonhuman Ethics in Society: A Community of Compassion

    This book promotes Christian ecology and animal ethics from the perspectives of the Bible, science, and the Judeo-Christian tradition. It covers diverse topics such as developing Christian virtue ethics, assisting…

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