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How were #maps produced in the 16th century? Zoltán Biedermann compares maps of the #Caspian Sea produced in #Goa and #Venice to propose "a '(dis)connected history' of knowledge production and consumption" where, beyond segmented flows of information, the Caspian proved to have very different meanings in different #mapmaking contexts.
👉 In a Garden of Forking Maps: Mapping the Caspian in Sixteenth-Century Goa and Venice
➡️ https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/annales-histoire-sciences-sociales-english-edition/article/in-a-garden-of-forking-maps/0074DB690B7D689F83FE0BCB155F5292