Maps & civilization : cartography in culture and society / Norman J.W. Thrower.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thrower, Norman J. W. (Norman Joseph William)

Contributor:

Thrower, Norman J. W. (Norman Joseph William).

Wunsch, Aaron V., Former owner.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cartography--History.

Cartography.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

xiii, 326 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

illustration

map

Edition:

2nd ed.

Other Title:

Maps and civilization

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1999.

Contents:

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

Appendix A. Selected map projections

Appendix B. Short list of isograms

Appendix C. Glossary.

Notes:

"An earlier edition of this work was published as Maps and Man: An Examination of Cartography in Relation to Culture and Civilization, Prentice-Hall, 1972." -- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-299) and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum circulating copy: From the Library of Aaron V. Wunsch.

Related Work:

Thrower, Norman J. W. (Norman Joseph William). Maps & man.

ISBN:

0226799735

9780226799735

OCLC:

41935106