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
Notes
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
