Description |
1 online resource (ix, 264 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
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The Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., lectures in the history of cartography |
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Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., lectures in the history of cartography.
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Contents |
The expression of terrestrial and celestial order in ancient Mesopotamia by / Francesca Rochberg -- From topography to cosmos: ancient Egypt's multiple maps / by David O'Connor -- Mapping the world: Greek initiatives from Homer to Eratosthenes / by Georgia L. Irby -- Ptolemy's geography: mapmaking and the scientific enterprise / by Alexander Jones -- Greek and Roman surveying and surveying instruments / by Michael Lewis -- Urbs Roma to orbis romanus: Roman mapping on the grand scale / by Richard J.A. Talbert -- Putting the world in order: mapping in Roman texts / by Benet Salway |
Summary |
'Ancient Perspectives' encompasses a vast arc of space and time - Western Asia to North Africa and Europe from the third millennium BLE to the fifth century CE - to explore mapmaking and worldviews in the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia Egypt, Greece, and Rome |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-249) and index |
Subject |
Cartography -- Iraq -- History
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Cartography -- Egypt -- History
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Cartography -- Greece -- History
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Cartography -- Rome -- History
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Geography, Ancient.
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Surveying -- History
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Cartography.
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Cartography
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Geography, Ancient
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Surveying
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Klassieke oudheid.
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Kaarten (geografie)
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Egypt
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Greece
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Iraq
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Rome (Empire)
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Middellandse-Zeegebied.
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Mesopotamiƫ
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Genre/Form |
History
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Redes (vorm)
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Talbert, Richard J. A., 1947-
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ISBN |
9780226789408 |
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0226789403 |
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