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Author Thrower, Norman J. W. (Norman Joseph William), author.

Title Maps & civilization : cartography in culture and society / Norman J.W. Thrower.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
©2008
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Edition Third edition.
Description 1 online resource (xiii, 352 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
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Note An earlier edition of this work was published as Maps and Man: An Examination of Cartography in Relation to Culture and Civilization, Prentice-Hall, 1972.
Previous edition: 1999.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references 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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language Text in English.
Subject Cartography -- History.
Cartography.
History.
Cartography -- Social aspects.
Social aspects.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Thrower, Norman J. W. (Norman Joseph William). Maps and man: an examination of cartography in relation to culture and civilization.
Added Title Maps and civilization
Cartography in culture and society
Other Form: Print version: Thrower, Norman Joseph William. Maps & civilization. 3rd ed. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008 9780226799742 0226799743 (OCoLC)175283893
ISBN 9780226799759 electronic book
0226799751 electronic book
9780226799742 (paperback) (alkaline paper)
0226799743 (paperback) (alkaline paper)

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