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Maps & civilization : cartography in culture and society
- Title
- Maps & civilization : cartography in culture and society / Norman J.W. Thrower.
- Author
- Thrower, Norman J. W. (Norman Joseph William)
- Publication
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
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- Description
- xiii, 352 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.
- Alternative Title
- Maps and civilization
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-326) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : Maps of preliterate peoples -- Maps of classical antiquity -- Early maps of East and South Asia -- Cartography in Europe and Islam in the Middle Ages -- The rediscovery of Ptolemy and cartography in Renaissance Europe -- Cartography in the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment -- Diversification and development in the nineteenth century -- Modern cartography : official and quasi-official maps -- Modern cartography : private and institutional maps.
- Call Number
- GA201
- ISBN
- 9780226799742 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0226799743 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2007020197
- OCLC
- 129957210
- Author
- Thrower, Norman J. W. (Norman Joseph William)
- Title
- Maps & civilization : cartography in culture and society / Norman J.W. Thrower.
- Imprint
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-326) and index.
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- Research Call Number
- *R-Map Div. GA201 .T47 2007