Author: Sir Herbert George Fordham
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : Cartography
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Maps, Their History, Characteristics and Uses
Author: Sir Herbert George Fordham
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : Cartography
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : Cartography
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
A History of America in 100 Maps
Author: Susan Schulten
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022645861X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Throughout its history, America has been defined through maps. Whether made for military strategy or urban reform, to encourage settlement or to investigate disease, maps invest information with meaning by translating it into visual form. They capture what people knew, what they thought they knew, what they hoped for, and what they feared. As such they offer unrivaled windows onto the past. In this book Susan Schulten uses maps to explore five centuries of American history, from the voyages of European discovery to the digital age. With stunning visual clarity, A History of America in 100 Maps showcases the power of cartography to illuminate and complicate our understanding of the past. Gathered primarily from the British Library’s incomparable archives and compiled into nine chronological chapters, these one hundred full-color maps range from the iconic to the unfamiliar. Each is discussed in terms of its specific features as well as its larger historical significance in a way that conveys a fresh perspective on the past. Some of these maps were made by established cartographers, while others were made by unknown individuals such as Cherokee tribal leaders, soldiers on the front, and the first generation of girls to be formally educated. Some were tools of statecraft and diplomacy, and others were instruments of social reform or even advertising and entertainment. But when considered together, they demonstrate the many ways that maps both reflect and influence historical change. Audacious in scope and charming in execution, this collection of one hundred full-color maps offers an imaginative and visually engaging tour of American history that will show readers a new way of navigating their own worlds.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022645861X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Throughout its history, America has been defined through maps. Whether made for military strategy or urban reform, to encourage settlement or to investigate disease, maps invest information with meaning by translating it into visual form. They capture what people knew, what they thought they knew, what they hoped for, and what they feared. As such they offer unrivaled windows onto the past. In this book Susan Schulten uses maps to explore five centuries of American history, from the voyages of European discovery to the digital age. With stunning visual clarity, A History of America in 100 Maps showcases the power of cartography to illuminate and complicate our understanding of the past. Gathered primarily from the British Library’s incomparable archives and compiled into nine chronological chapters, these one hundred full-color maps range from the iconic to the unfamiliar. Each is discussed in terms of its specific features as well as its larger historical significance in a way that conveys a fresh perspective on the past. Some of these maps were made by established cartographers, while others were made by unknown individuals such as Cherokee tribal leaders, soldiers on the front, and the first generation of girls to be formally educated. Some were tools of statecraft and diplomacy, and others were instruments of social reform or even advertising and entertainment. But when considered together, they demonstrate the many ways that maps both reflect and influence historical change. Audacious in scope and charming in execution, this collection of one hundred full-color maps offers an imaginative and visually engaging tour of American history that will show readers a new way of navigating their own worlds.
100 Maps
Author: John O. E. Clark
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 1402728859
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Presents a chronological overview of the history of cartography, from the earliest maps of prehistory to the engraved maps of the seventeenth century and beyond. Includes illustrations.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 1402728859
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Presents a chronological overview of the history of cartography, from the earliest maps of prehistory to the engraved maps of the seventeenth century and beyond. Includes illustrations.
Placing History
Author: Anne Kelly Knowles
Publisher: ESRI, Inc.
ISBN: 1589480139
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
CD-ROM contains: Four Microsoft PowerPoint presentations and interactive mapping exercises, some of which extend the scholarly material and addresses new issues related to historical GIS.
Publisher: ESRI, Inc.
ISBN: 1589480139
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
CD-ROM contains: Four Microsoft PowerPoint presentations and interactive mapping exercises, some of which extend the scholarly material and addresses new issues related to historical GIS.
Educational Times
Author:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 1140
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 1140
Book Description
The Story of Maps
Author: Lloyd Arnold Brown
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486238733
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 463
Book Description
"An important and scholarly work; bringing together much information available heretofore only in scattered sources. Easily readable." — Gerald I. Alexander, F.R.G.S. Cartographer, Map Division, New York Public Library. The first authoritative history of maps and the men who made them. The historical coverage of this volume is immense: from the first two centuries A.D. — Strabo and Ptolemy — through the end of the 19th century, with some discussion of 20th-century developments. 86 illustrations. Extensive notes and bibliography. "Mr. Brown felicitously marries scholarship to narrative and dramatic skill." — Henry Steele Commager.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486238733
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 463
Book Description
"An important and scholarly work; bringing together much information available heretofore only in scattered sources. Easily readable." — Gerald I. Alexander, F.R.G.S. Cartographer, Map Division, New York Public Library. The first authoritative history of maps and the men who made them. The historical coverage of this volume is immense: from the first two centuries A.D. — Strabo and Ptolemy — through the end of the 19th century, with some discussion of 20th-century developments. 86 illustrations. Extensive notes and bibliography. "Mr. Brown felicitously marries scholarship to narrative and dramatic skill." — Henry Steele Commager.
The Naturalist
Author:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Suggested Symbols for Plans, Maps, and Charts
Author: United States. National Resources Committee
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cartography
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cartography
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
The Hindustan Review
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 1298
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 1298
Book Description
John Cary, Engraver, Map, Chart and Print-seller and Globemaker 1754 to 1835
Author: Sir Herbert George Fordham
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description