A Journey Back in Time Through Maps

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

In our modern day and age, when satellite imagery and GPS services like Google Maps, offer strikingly accurate images of the world, we can easily forget that for most of human history the world was an unknown tabula rasa on which cartographers, scientists, men of god, and kings imprinted their own dreams and ideals. This new extended edition, with the addition of about 15 maps, explores changing perceptions of the world map through the centuries and across multiple vastly different cultures. It juxtaposes 18th century Buddhist cartography in Japan with European mercantile maps of the same period. It travels with speculative cartographers and they argue in the scientific academies of Paris, London, and St. Petersburg over theories about what 'must' fill the great unknown. The book observes the emergence of the modern world view through the cartographic lens.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-09-27
Mått:275 x 315 x 27 mm
Vikt:1 988 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Through the Ages
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:White Star
ISBN:9788854413207

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Historisk geografi inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Kevin J. Brown is a rare map dealer based in Brooklyn, New York. He is the owner of Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, is one of the largest and most active firms specialising in antiquarian cartography in the United States. He has dealt with countless rare maps from all periods covering all regions. Kevin continues to have a passion for rare maps and always looks forward to his next cartographic discovery.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction 81. The Dawn of Cartography: From Peutinger to Kepler 14Tabula Peutingeriana 16Hereford Mappa Mundi 22Universalis Cosmographia 24Nova, et Integra Universi Orbis Descriptio 26Altera Generalis Tab. Secundum Ptol. 28Typus Orbis Universalis 30Die ganze Welt in einem Kleberblat 32Die erst General Tafel 34Noua Orbis Terrarum Delineatio 362. The Dutch Golden Age: The Rise of the Modern Map 38Typus Orbis Terrarum 40Pars Orbis 42La Herdike Enterprinse faict par le Signeur Draeck 44O Caput elleboro Dignum... 46Veritable Representation des Premieres Matieres ou Elements 48Septentrionalium Terrarum Descriptio 50Terrestrial Globe Gores 52Orbis Terrae Novissima Descriptio 54Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula 56Werreldt Kaert 58Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula 623. The French: Positivist Cartographic Imaginings 64Mappe-monde Geo-Hydrographique 66Le Globe Terrestre Représenté en Deux Plans-Hémisphères 68Carte Très Curieuse De La Mer Du Sud 70Le Globe Terrestre Representé en Deux Plans-Hemispheres 74Mappe Monde nouvelle 76Carte General Des Découvertes De L’Amiral de Fonte 78Mappe-Monde ou Description du Globe Terrestre 80Planisphere Physique 82Mappemonde ou Description du Globe Terrestre 84Mappemonde 864. Cartography of Colonialism 88Designatio Orbis Christiani 90Carte Generale de Toutes Les Costes du Monde 92Carte Generale des Royaumes, Etats et Domaines 94Essay d’une Carte Reduite 96British Empire, Showing the Commercial Routes of the World 985. The Oriental Perspective: The East Asian Global Vision 100Complete Map of the Nine Border Towns of the Great Ming 102Map of all Under Heaven 104Outline Map of All Countries of the Universe 106All-Under-Heaven Complete Map of the Everlasting Unified Qing Empire 108Map of the World 112Newly Made Map of the Earth 114Square Map of all the Countries on the Globe 116Map of the World 118Home Education Round-the-World Sugoroku 120Pictorial Map of the World 1246. Scientifica: Maps and Science 126Tabula Geographico-Hydrographica 128Mappe-Monde Physique d’Après les Vues du Prof. Pallas 130Carte Generale de la Terre Appliquée a l’Astronomie 132A General Map of the World, or Terraqueous Globe 136View of the Comparative Heights, of the Principal Mountains and Lengths of the Principal Rivers in the World 142Chart of the World Shewing the Tracks of the U.S. Exploring Expedition 144Geometrical Projection of Two Thirds of the Sphere 146Neueste Karte Der Erde 148Zu Dr. Jileks Oceanografie 1507. Whimsy and Persuasive Cartography 154The Plumb-pudding in danger: or State Epicures taking un Petit Souper 156Missionary Map of the World 158Map of the Square and Stationary Earth 160Prevailing Religions of the World and Progress of Evangelization 162The Arctic Regions Showing Exploration Towards the North Pole 164What Germany Wants 166Great European Visit Memorial Flight Game 168Wie met de heele wereld wil verkeeren, moet eerst Esperanto leeren! 170Carriers of the New Black Plague 172Military Panoramap of the Theatre of War 174Target Berlin, Target Tokyo 176Air France Réseau Aérien Mondial 1808. The 19th Century: Gentleman Travelers and Armchair Adventurers 182Jeu Instructif des Peuples et Costumes 184Arrowsmith’s Map of the World on a Globular Projection 190A New Chart of the World on Mercator’s Projection 192Western Hemisphere 196Planisphère 198Colton’s New Illustrated Map of the World 200Planisphère Illustré 202Nouveau Planisphère Illustré 204Crofutt’s New Map of the Trans-Continental, American,and Trans-Continental, European, Route Around the World 206Le Tour du Monde en un Clin d’Oeil 2089. Worlds that Were, and Were Not 214Les Marins Monstres & Terrestres 216Mundus Alter et Idem 218Planisphaerium Coeleste 220Accurata Utopiae Tabula 224Sisteme de la Création du Monde 226Carte de l’Isle de la Félicité 228Temperance Map 230An Anciente Mappe of Fairy Land Newly Discovered and Set Forth 232The Author 238