Maps & civilization : cartography in culture and society /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thrower, Norman J. W. (Norman Joseph William) (Autor)
Otros Autores: Thrower, Norman J. W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Edición:Third edition.
Temas:
Cartography > History.
Cartography > Social aspects.
Cartographie > Histoire.
Cartographie > Aspect social.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Cartography.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
Cartography
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : maps of preliterate peoples
  • Maps of classical antiquity
  • Early maps of East and South Asia
  • Cartography in Europe and Islam in the Middle Ages
  • The rediscovery of Ptolemy and cartography in Renaissance Europe
  • Cartography in the scientific revolution and the Enlightenment
  • Diversification and development in the nineteenth century
  • Modern cartography : official and quasi-official maps
  • Modern cartography : private and institutional maps.

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