The world through maps : a history of cartography /
Short, John R.
The world through maps : a history of cartography / John Rennie Short. - Toronto : Firefly Books, 2003. - 224 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Includes index.
"Further reading": p. 218.
Introducing maps -- The earliest maps -- The ancient world -- Maps of the Classical world -- The maps of Medieval Europe -- The maps of the Islamic world -- China and the Far East -- Cartographic traditions of the new world -- Mapping new worlds -- Maps of the European Renaissance -- National maps -- The atlas makers -- The mapping of the British Empire -- The Enlightenment as a spur to mapping -- Mapping a new nation -- Cartographic encounters -- Universal mapping -- Thematic maps -- Maps and power -- Cartography in contemporary society.
1552978117 (bound) : $40.00
2004555533
20039004007
Cartography--History.
Cartographie--Histoire.
GA 201 / .S46 2003
The world through maps : a history of cartography / John Rennie Short. - Toronto : Firefly Books, 2003. - 224 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Includes index.
"Further reading": p. 218.
Introducing maps -- The earliest maps -- The ancient world -- Maps of the Classical world -- The maps of Medieval Europe -- The maps of the Islamic world -- China and the Far East -- Cartographic traditions of the new world -- Mapping new worlds -- Maps of the European Renaissance -- National maps -- The atlas makers -- The mapping of the British Empire -- The Enlightenment as a spur to mapping -- Mapping a new nation -- Cartographic encounters -- Universal mapping -- Thematic maps -- Maps and power -- Cartography in contemporary society.
1552978117 (bound) : $40.00
2004555533
20039004007
Cartography--History.
Cartographie--Histoire.
GA 201 / .S46 2003