The world through maps : a history of cartography - Short, John R. (Toronto : Firefly Books, 2003)
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.
Includes index.
"Further reading": p. 218.
Keywords: Cartography -- History; Cartographie -- Histoire