Les erreurs dans les cartes. Proche et Moyen Orient the Ramesseum papyri

the Ramesseum papyri

Here we could think of these studies of hands (like Dürer

restores fragments of reminiscences of sensations

Each site visited appears as the witness of a period

at the same time as it wanders through the great aristocratic and imperial collections to which this production gave rise

Les erreurs dans les cartes. Proche et Moyen Orient the Ramesseum papyriDid you know that Africa was cut out with a ruler, that paradise is on an island west of Europe, and that a traffic jam can occur on a deserted street? Every map is false. Imperfect, incomplete, or simplistic! Accidental or deliberate, 33 errors have crept into this book. From ancient atlases to Google Maps, from indigenous maps to satellite views, this fascinating investigation questions the familiar outlines of an elusive planet. And it takes us on