A Mapmaker's Dream - The Meditations of Fra Mauro, Cartographer To The Court Of Venice

Literature & Fiction

James Cowan

British & Irish

Vintage Classics

When the Venetian cartographer-monk Fra Mauro sets out to create the definitive map of the world, he has no idea that the project will become the adventure of a lifetime, challenging most of his familiar concepts about the world. As he receives travellers from far away into his cell and listens to their descriptions of the strange and fantastic places they've seen, Fra Mauro comes to see that the world consists of much more than continents and kingdoms, that it is also made up of a vast, equally real, interior landscape of beliefs, aspirations, and dreams. As he struggles to reconcile conflicting views of reality his map begins to take on extraordinary dimensions, raising unforeseen questions and pushing the boundaries of his previous conception.

Mapmakers Dream Meditations of Fra Mauro

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A Mapmaker's Dream : The Meditations of Fra Mauro, Cartographer to the Court of Venice

Biographies & Memoirs

True Crime

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James Cowan lived in Italy for three years walking in the footsteps of Francis, following his journeys, breathing his air and sleeping in his caves and grottoes. He discovered a man who, in a sense, de-institutionalised the medieval Church, who represented a mystical Christian tradition and stood up to leaders and theologians and all the great citadels of monastic influence This attempt to enter into the spirit of Francis as also a celebration of Italy and its ability to inspire the imagination.

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In sixteenth-century Venice, in an island monastery, a cloistered monk experiences the adventure of a lifetime — all within the confines of his cell. Part historical fiction, part philosophical mystery, A Mapmaker's Dream tells the story of Fra Mauro and his struggle to realize his life's work: to make a perfect map — one that represents the full breadth of Creation. News of Mauro's projects attracts explorers, pilgrims, travelers, and merchants, all eager to contribute their accounts of faraway people and places. A she listens to the tales of the strange and fantastic things they've seen, Mauro comes to regard the world as much more than continents and kingdoms: that it is also made up of a vast and equally real interior landscape of beliefs, aspirations, and dreams. Mauro's map grows and takes shape, becoming both more complete and incomprehensible. In the process, the boundaries of Mauro's world are pushed to the extreme, raising questions about the relationship between representation, imagination, and the nature of reality itself.

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