Maps and Civilization: Cartography in Culture and Society
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (806 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0226799735 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 340 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Advances in cartography 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. Perhaps as a modern map maker, I forget that there was an early inventor of map projections (probab. Glenn Hage said Five Stars. It is more complete than I could have imagined.
The present work is a fine presentation of ideas that should increase an awareness and understanding of that sophistication, in works that could not possibly exist in an intellectual vacuum. Adnan K. "Finding the "parallel" affinity between Arabic poetics and the atypical(non-Aristotelian Longinus' view, the author establishes a "shared canon" of certain concepts and aesthetic modes. 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 not only two critics, but also sophisticated and parallel thinking about the means, the reception, and the origins of great art that stri
Norman J. Thrower is professor emeritus of geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. 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
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. A wealth of illustrations, including the oldest known map and contemporary examples made using Geographical Information Systems (GIS), illuminate the many ways in which various human cultures have interpreted spatial relationships.The second ediion of Maps and Civilization incorporates numerous revisions and has new material added throughout the book."The premier one-volume history of cartography. Thrower charts the intimate links between maps and history from antiquity to the present day. In this concise introduction to the history of cartography, Norman J. Snyder, Mercator's WorldNorman J. W. 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.. Thrower is professor emeritus of geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. W