Constructing the image of a city: The representation of Constantinople in Christopher Buondelmonti's Liber Insularum Archipelagi

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 72-102

  Manners, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartographic representation; Constantinople; Istanbul; Mapmaking; Perspective plans

Indexed keywords

BUONDELMONTI,C.; CITY IMAGE; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; HISTORICAL STUDY; MAP; TOWN PLAN; WESTERN PERCEPTION;

TURKEY, ISTANBUL;

EID: 0030668430     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0004-5608.00042     Document Type: Article

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