Maps and Civilization: Cartography in Culture and Society
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (829 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0226799735 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 340 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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Maps and Civilization should be a close companion for anyone interested in maps: where they came from, where they are now, and where to go for more detail."--John P. His other books include Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: A Longer View of Newton and Halley and Sir Francis Drake and the Famous Voyage, 1577-1580.. W. Thrower is professor emeritus of geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. In this concise introduction to the history of cartography, Norman J. W. Snyder, Mercator's WorldNorman J. Thrower charts the intimate links
Advances in cartography Gary Sprandel This review is of the 2nd edition, there is now a third edition.Thrower concisely outlines the history of cartographic advances from a 2300 B.C. Mesopotamian map to modern day animated and GIS maps. Thrower is careful to highlight cartographic advances distinct from geographic discoveries in Classical Antiquity, East and South Asia, European and Islam in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and then advances in the 19th century to modern times. . Five Stars Glenn Hage It is more complete than I could have imagined.
His other books include Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: A Longer View of Newton and Halley, Sir Francis Drake and the Famous Voyage, 1577–1580, and Original Survey and Land Subdivision.. W. Norman J. Thrower is professor emeritus of geography at the University of California, Los Angeles
Abdulla has stirred an important debate with his eloquent book which may produce for us a host of other "parallel studies," cross-fertilizations, and literary affinities." - Professor Herbert Mason "The confluence of the two works under consideration in Professor Abdulla's enjoyable and informative book is interesting in a number of ways. Adnan K. Although they were originally written at relatively disparate times, in conjunction with different bodies of artistic endeavors, and with different purposes, they reveal to us