Charting an Empire
Author | : Lesley B. Cormack |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 1997-12-08 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780226116075 |
ISBN-13 | : 0226116077 |
Rating | : 4/5 (077 Downloads) |
Download or read book Charting an Empire written by Lesley B. Cormack and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1997-12-08 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cormack demonstrates that geography was part of the Arts curriculum between 1580 and 1620, read at university by a broad range of soon-to-be political, economic, and religious leaders. By teaching these young Englishmen to view their country in a global context, and to see England playing a major role on that stage, geography helped develop a set of shared assumptions about the feasibility and desirability of an English empire.