by James Cowan · Ediciones Península · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483070314
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«El sueño de un cartógrafo» is the historical novel by James Cowan, published by Ediciones Península in paperback (168 pages, in Spanish).
Venice, 16th century: Fra Mauro, monk cartographer of the court, sets out to draw a perfect world map from his monastery cell. Those who arrive with tales of distant lands feed his work, and soon the map reflects not only continents and kingdoms, but also an inner landscape of beliefs and dreams.
Original title: A Mapmaker’s Dream. Translation by J. Manuel Álvarez Flórez. Volume 7 of the Histórica collection. Winner of the Gold Medal of the Australian Literature Society in 1998.
For readers of historical and philosophical fiction, with an interest in maps and the conception of the world in the Renaissance.
James Cowan, flour miller and investor, had been a member of the South Australian House of Assembly for the Yatala for only 2 months when he was killed in an accident at a railway crossing. Cowan was an early investor in BHP. The property associated with Erindale, Cowan's residence at Burnside, was sub-divided after his death into a new suburb which was also named Erindale.
