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Maps and Civilization : Cartography in Culture and Society.

In this concise introduction to the history of cartography, Norman J.W. Thrower charts the intimate links between maps and history from antiquity to the present day. A wealth of illustrations, including the oldest known map and contemporary examples made using Geographical Information Systems (GIS),...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thrower, Norman J. W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Contents; Preface; One: Introduction: Maps of Preliterate Peoples; Two: Maps of Classical Antiquity; Three: Early Maps of East and South Asia; Four: Cartography in Europe and Islam in the Middle Ages; Five: The Rediscovery of Ptolemy and Cartography in Renaissance Europe; Six: Cartography in the Scientific Revolution and the Englightment; Seven: Diversification and Development in the Nineteenth Century; Eight: Modern Cartography: Official and Quasi-Official Maps; Nine: Modern Cartography: Private and Institutional Maps; Appendix A: Selected Map Projections; Appendix B: Short List of Isograms. 
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