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The world through maps : a history of cartography
- Title
- The world through maps : a history of cartography / John Rennie Short.
- Author
- Short, John R.
- Publication
- Toronto : Firefly Books, 2003.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | No restrictions | *R-Map Div. GA201 .S46 2003 | Schwarzman Building - Map Division Reference Room 117 |
Details
- Description
- 224 p. : ill., maps; 29 cm.
- Subject
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- "Further reading": p. 218.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- GA201
- ISBN
- 1552978117 (bound)
- OCLC
- 51536935
- Author
- Short, John R.
- Title
- The world through maps : a history of cartography / John Rennie Short.
- Imprint
- Toronto : Firefly Books, 2003.
- Bibliography
- "Further reading": p. 218.
- Research Call Number
- *R-Map Div. GA201 .S46 2003