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Nova Reperta
Johannes Stradanus (Jan van der Straet)
Latin
1590
38 pages
Natural PhilosophyArt IllustratedRenaissance PhilosophyTheatres Of MachinesNova RepertaGeography ExplorationRenaissance Natural PhilosophyRenaissance Art Architecture
First Complete Translation
Only partial translations or excerpts exist. This is the first complete English translation.
The 'Nova Reperta' is a series of engravings with Latin captions, not a continuous prose text. While scholarly literature (such as Lia Markey's 'Renaissance Invention') frequently discusses, analyzes, and provides English translations of individual captions or specific plates, there is no evidence of a single, published, complete English translation of the entire series as a unified book. Therefore, it is classified as a first complete translation, as only partial translations exist in academic literature.
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Johannes Stradanus argues that the modern world has surpassed the achievements of the ancients. This collection maps the technological and geographic breakthroughs that redefined human capability during the Renaissance.
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