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Maps in Those Days : Carthographic Methods Before 1850 by J. H. Andrews (2009, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherFour Courts Press

ISBN-101846821886

ISBN-139781846821882

eBay Product ID (ePID)72004609

Product Key Features

TopicCartography, Historiography, Historical Geography, Earth Sciences / Geography

Book TitleMaps in Those Days : Carthographic Methods before 1850

Publication Year2009

Number of Pages549 Pages

LanguageEnglish

IllustratorYes

GenreTechnology & Engineering, Science, History

AuthorJ. H. Andrews

FormatHardcover

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Item Weight63.1 Oz

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Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal526

SynopsisFor some years the emphasis in map-historical literature has been either on traditional cartobibliography or on various cultural, social and ideological aspects of the mapping process. By contrast, few recent books have described what early carthographers actually did. Maps in Those days addresses this question. It deals with non-thematic maps of all kinds and of all parts of the world from earliest times to the mid-19th century, with particular reference to classical antiquity, the Renaissance and the Enlightenment in Europe and in countries of European settlement, especially Britain and Ireland. This book should interest researchers who use early maps as historical sources as well as connoisseurs of cartography for its own sake., For some years the emphasis in map-historical literature has been either on traditional cartobibliography or on various cultural, social and ideological aspects of the mapping process. By contrast, few recent books have described what early carthographers

LC Classification NumberGA201