Maps & civilization : cartography in culture and society
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Maps & civilization : cartography in culture and society
University of Chicago Press, 1996
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Maps and civilization
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Rev. ed. of: Maps & man, 1972
Bibliographical references: p. 259-299
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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: cloth ISBN 9780226799711
Description
This work, first published as "Maps and Man", provides a concise introduction to the history of cartography. In this edition, the author has expanded his survey to include recent revolutions in cartography and new research on indigenous and early Western maps carried out since the publication of the first edition. The book presents maps rare in reproduction that reflect the cultural and scientific evolution of societies from ancient Egypt and early China to contemporary Western civilization. From the oldest known map to current CD-ROM maps for automobiles and new forms of cartography created in the computer-based field of Geographical Information Systems (GIS), the author shows how maps have changed in response to new demands to describe where we live, mark territory, plan communities, plot military strategy, navigate oceans, track weather, measure traffic flow or chart the heavens.
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: paper ISBN 9780226799728
Description
This work, first published as "Maps and Man", provides a concise introduction to the history of cartography. In this edition, the author has expanded his survey to include recent revolutions in cartography and new research on indigenous and early Western maps carried out since the publication of the first edition. The book presents maps rare in reproduction that reflect the cultural and scientific evolution of societies from ancient Egypt and early China to contemporary Western civilization. From the oldest known map to current CD-ROM maps for automobiles and new forms of cartography created in the computer-based field of Geographical Information Systems (GIS), the author shows how maps have changed in response to new demands to describe where we live, mark territory, plan communities, plot military strategy, navigate oceans, track weather, measure traffic flow or chart the heavens.
Table of Contents
Preface 1. Introduction: Maps of Preliterate Peoples 2. Maps of Classical Antiquity 3. Early Maps of East and South Asia 4. Cartography in Europe and Islam in the Middle Ages 5. The Rediscovery of Ptolemy and Cartography in Renaissance Europe 6. Cartography in the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment 7. Diversification and Development in the Nineteenth Century 8. Modern Cartography: Official and Quasi-Official Maps 9. Modern Cartography: Private and Institutional Maps Appendix A: Selected Map Projections Appendix B: Short List of Isograms Appendix C: Glossary Notes Illustration Sources Index
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