Mapping the towns of Europe: The European towns in Braun & Hogenberg’s Town Atlas, 1572-1617
The Civitates orbis terrarum or the “Braun & Hogenberg”, published in six volumes in Cologne between 1572 and 1617, is the most famous of the early town atlases. Although it had no comparable precedent, it immediately answered a great public demand, because social, political and economic lif...
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| Language: | English |
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Société Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of Geography
2008-12-01
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| Series: | Belgeo |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/11877 |