Exploring the World Through Cartography
Author | : Classical Conversations MultiMedia |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2017-06-28 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780996566049 |
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Author | : Classical Conversations MultiMedia |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2017-06-28 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780996566049 |
Author | : Phaidon Editors |
Publisher | : Phaidon Press |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2015-09-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780714869445 |
300 stunning maps from all periods and from all around the world, exploring and revealing what maps tell us about history and ourselves. Selected by an international panel of cartographers, academics, map dealers and collectors, the maps represent over 5,000 years of cartographic innovation drawing on a range of cultures and traditions. Comprehensive in scope, this book features all types of map from navigation and surveys to astronomical maps, satellite and digital maps, as well as works of art inspired by cartography. Unique curated sequence presents maps in thought-provoking juxtapositions for lively, stimulating reading. Features some of the most influential mapmakers and institutions in history, including Gerardus Mercator, Abraham Ortelius, Phyllis Pearson, Heinrich Berann, Bill Rankin, Ordnance Survey and Google Earth. Easy-to-use format, with large reproductions, authoritative texts and key caption information, it is the perfect introduction to the subject. Also features a comprehensive illustrated timeline of the history of cartography, biographies of leading cartographers and a glossary of cartographic terms.
Author | : John Rennie Short |
Publisher | : Reaktion Books |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2009-07-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781861894366 |
There’s no excuse for getting lost these days—satellite maps on our computers can chart our journey in detail and electronics on our car dashboards instruct us which way to turn. But there was a time when the varied landscape of North America was largely undocumented, and expeditions like that of Lewis and Clark set out to map its expanse. As John Rennie Short argues in Cartographic Encounters, that mapping of the New World was only possible due to a unique relationship between the indigenous inhabitants and the explorers. In this vital reinterpretation of American history, Short describes how previous accounts of the mapping of the new world have largely ignored the fundamental role played by local, indigenous guides. The exchange of information that resulted from this “cartographic encounter” allowed the native Americans to draw upon their wide knowledge of the land in the hope of gaining a better position among the settlers. This account offers a radical new understanding of Western expansion and the mapping of the land and will be essential to scholars in cartography and American history.
Author | : Ralph E. Ehrenberg |
Publisher | : National Geographic Society |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
"This book highlights more than a hundred maps from every era and every part of the world. Organized chronologically, they display an astonishing variety of cartographic styles and techniques. They range from priceless artistic masterworks like the 1507 Waldseemuller world map, the first to use the name "America, " to such practical artifacts as a Polynesian stick chart, a creation of bent twigs, seashells, and coconut palms that was nevertheless capable of guiding an outrigger canoe safely across thousands of miles of trackless and seemingly endless ocean. Some, like the portolans, or sea charts, of the Age of Discovery, were closely guarded state secrets that shaped the rise and fall of empires; others circulated widely and showed such fabled routes as the Silk Road across western Asia and the Oregon and Santa Fe Trails that opened up the American West."--Jacket.
Author | : Simon Garfield |
Publisher | : Avery |
Total Pages | : 466 |
Release | : 2013-11-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1592407803 |
Examines the pivotal relationship between mapping and civilization, demonstrating the unique ways that maps relate and realign history, and shares engaging cartography stories and map lore.
Author | : Ashley Baynton-Williams |
Publisher | : Quercus Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Cartography |
ISBN | : 9781848660182 |
Author | : Rodney W. Shirley |
Publisher | : Young Writers |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Ashley Baynton-Williams |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2015-10-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 022623729X |
Since that ancient day when the first human drew a line connecting Point A to Point B, maps have been understood as one of the most essential tools of communication. Despite differences in language, appearance, or culture, maps are universal touchstones in human civilization. Over the centuries, maps have served many varied purposes; far from mere guides for reaching a destination, they are unique artistic forms, aides in planning commercial routes, literary devices for illuminating a story. Accuracy—or inaccuracy—of maps has been the make-or-break factor in countless military battles throughout history. They have graced the walls of homes, bringing prestige and elegance to their owners. They track the mountains, oceans, and stars of our existence. Maps help us make sense of our worlds both real and imaginary—they bring order to the seeming chaos of our surroundings. With The Curious Map Book, Ashley Baynton-Williams gathers an amazing, chronologically ordered variety of cartographic gems, mainly from the vast collection of the British Library. He has unearthed a wide array of the whimsical and fantastic, from maps of board games to political ones, maps of the Holy Land to maps of the human soul. In his illuminating introduction, Baynton-Williams also identifies and expounds upon key themes of map production, peculiar styles, and the commerce and collection of unique maps. This incredible volume offers a wealth of gorgeous illustrations for anyone who is cartographically curious.
Author | : John R. Short |
Publisher | : Firefly Books |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Cartography |
ISBN | : 9781552978115 |
An illustrated history of maps and mapmaking, including reproductions of 200 antique maps.
Author | : Betsy Mason |
Publisher | : National Geographic Society |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1426219725 |
Created for map lovers by map lovers, this rich book explores the intriguing stories behind maps across history and illuminates how the art of cartography thrives today. In this visually stunning book, award-winning journalists Betsy Mason and Greg Miller--authors of the National Geographic cartography blog "All Over the Map"--explore the intriguing stories behind maps from a wide variety of cultures, civilizations, and time periods. Based on interviews with scores of leading cartographers, curators, historians, and scholars, this is a remarkable selection of fascinating and unusual maps. This diverse compendium includes ancient maps of dragon-filled seas, elaborate graphics picturing unseen concepts and forces from inside Earth to outer space, devious maps created by spies, and maps from pop culture such as the schematics to the Death Star and a map of Westeros from Game of Thrones. If your brain craves maps--and Mason and Miller would say it does, whether you know it or not--this eye-opening visual feast will inspire and delight.