Maps & civilization : cartography in culture and society

書誌事項

Maps & civilization : cartography in culture and society

Norman J.W. Thrower

University of Chicago Press, 1996

  • : cloth
  • : paper

タイトル別名

Maps and civilization

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注記

Rev. ed. of: Maps & man, 1972

Bibliographical references: p. 259-299

Includes index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

: cloth ISBN 9780226799711

内容説明

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.
巻冊次

: paper ISBN 9780226799728

内容説明

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.

目次

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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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA28624593
  • ISBN
    • 0226799719
    • 0226799727
  • LCCN
    95024656
  • 出版国コード
    us
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Chicago
  • ページ数/冊数
    xiii, 326 p.
  • 大きさ
    24 cm
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