Author: Walter William RistowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cartes manuscrites
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Nautical Charts on Vellum in the Library of Congress
Author: Walter William RistowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cartes manuscrites
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Nautical Charts on Vellum in the Library of Congress
Author: Library of CongressPublisher: Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Nautical Charts on Vellum in the Library of Congress
Author: Walter William RistowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manuscript maps
Languages : en
Pages : 30
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The Mysteries of the Marco Polo Maps
Author: Benjamin B. OlshinPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022614982X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
Concerns a collection of maps and associated documents claimed to be from Marco Polo's time or that of his daughters (as many of the maps have the name or one or another of the three daughters on them). Discusses provenance, authenticity, and history of the documents, known to scholars as "the Marco Polo Maps" since 1948, here discussed fully for the first time.
Letter of Christopher Columbus to Rafael Sanchez
Author: Christopher ColumbusPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Mapping an Atlantic World, circa 1500
Author: Alida C. MetcalfPublisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN: 1421438526
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
Recognizing early modern cartographers as significant agents in the intellectual history of the Atlantic, Mapping an Atlantic World, circa 1500 includes around 50 beautiful and illuminating historical maps.
Library of Congress Information Bulletin
Author: The Geography and Map Division
Author: Library of Congress. Geography and Map DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Cartographies of Travel and Navigation
Author: James R. AkermanPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226010783
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
Finding one’s way with a map is a relatively recent phenomenon. In premodern times, maps were used, if at all, mainly for planning journeys in advance, not for guiding travelers on the road. With the exception of navigational sea charts, the use of maps by travelers only became common in the modern era; indeed, in the last two hundred years, maps have become the most ubiquitous and familiar genre of modern cartography. Examining the historical relationship between travelers, navigation, and maps, Cartographies of Travel and Navigation considers the cartographic response to the new modalities of modern travel brought about by technological and institutional developments in the twentieth century. Highlighting the ways in which the travelers, operators, and planners of modern transportation systems value maps as both navigation tools and as representatives of a radical new mobility, this collection brings the cartography of travel—by road, sea, rail, and air—to the forefront, placing maps at the center of the history of travel and movement. Richly and colorfully illustrated, Cartographies of Travel and Navigation ably fills the void in historical literature on transportation mapping.
Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 2240
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