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.

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Cartography--History.
Cartographie--Histoire.

GA 201 / .S46 2003