Asia or Europe? Some lies on where Russia lies. Writing and mapping the Muscovy in the 16th Century
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Data di Pubblicazione:
2016
Citazione:
Asia or Europe? Some lies on where Russia lies. Writing and mapping the Muscovy in the 16th Century / G. Franczak. ((Intervento presentato al convegno Convention of The Association for Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies tenutosi a Washington nel 2016.
Abstract:
In the European Renaissance cartography the maps of Muscovy are almost always east-oriented, while on the north-up maps some rivers or merchant routes are often represented “upside down”. This reversal, inherited from medieval T-O maps, however, can have a deeper sense. As Edward W. Said wrote, “It is Europe that articulates the Orient; this articulation is the prerogative (…) of a genuine creator, whose life-giving power represents, animates, constitutes the otherwise silent and dangerous space beyond familiar boundaries”. Through an analysis of the most important XVIth century maps of Muscovy – by M. Waldseemüller (1507), B. Agnese (1525), S. von Herberstein (1546), G. Gastaldi (1548), G. Mercator (1585), A. Magini (1596), but above all those by Anton Wied (1555) and Anthony Jenkinson (1562) – we’ll try to trace the West-European orientalizing discourses on Muscovy, aiming to separate the familiar and civilized space of the European œcumene from Asian Muscovy – land of monsters and wolverines.
Tipologia IRIS:
14 - Intervento a convegno non pubblicato
Keywords:
Muscovy; Cartography; Mathias of Miechów; Bernard Wapowski
Elenco autori:
G. Franczak
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