TY - BOOK AU - Short,John R. TI - The world through maps: a history of cartography SN - 1552978117 (bound) : AV - GA 201 .S46 2003 PY - 2003/// CY - Toronto PB - Firefly Books KW - Cartography KW - History KW - Cartographie KW - Histoire N1 - 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 ER -