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cartografie --- 528.9 --- Cartography. Mapping (textual documents) --- 528.9 Cartography. Mapping (textual documents)

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A novel work in the history of cartography, 'The Sovereign Map' argues that maps are as much about thinking as seeing, as much about the art of persuasion as the science of geography. As a classicist, Christian Jacob brings a fresh eye to his subject& which includes maps from Greek Antiquity to the twentieth century& and provides a theoretical approach to investigating the power of maps to inform, persuade, and inspire the imagination. Beginning with a historical overview of maps and their creation& from those traced in the dirt by primitive hands to the monumental Dutch atlases and ornate maps on Italian palace walls& Jacob goes on to consider the visual components of cartography: the decorative periphery, geometric grid, topographical lines, dots, details of iconographic figures, and many other aspects. Considering text on maps& titles, toponyms, legends, and keys& Jacob proposes that writing can both clarify and interfere with a map's visual presentation. Finally Jacob examines the role of the viewer in decoding a map's meaning and the role of society in defining the power of maps as authoritative depictions of space. Innovative in its philosophical motivation and its interdisciplinary approach to looking at and writing about maps, 'The Sovereign Map' is eagerly awaited by scholars from many different fields.

912 <036> --- 528.9 --- 528.9 Cartography. Mapping (textual documents) --- Cartography. Mapping (textual documents) --- Cartografie. Kaarten. Plattegronden. Atlassen--Gidsen. Inleidingen --- Historische Cartografie. --- Cartography --- Geografie --- History. --- Cartografie --- Maps --- History

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Astronomie --- Sciences pures --- Sterrenkunde --- Zuivere wetenschappen --- Cartografie --- 528.9 (493) "1570 : 1880 "

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Geodesy. Cartography --- Cartography --- 912 --- 528.9 --- Cartography, Primitive --- Chartography --- Map-making --- Mapmaking --- Mapping (Cartography) --- Mathematical geography --- Surveying --- Map projection --- Maps --- Cartografie. Kaarten. Plattegronden. Atlassen --- Cartography. Mapping (textual documents) --- Cartography. --- 528.9 Cartography. Mapping (textual documents) --- Cartographie --- Infographie --- Acqui 2006 --- Topographie

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Medieval world maps have been viewed in the past as quaint, amusing and simply wrong This text studies differently, showing that the medieval world view, as expressed in maps, was not only a matter of measuring space, but of placing the Earth in a philosophical and religious setting. A major component of this setting was the passage of time, and many medieval maps show a narrative of human spiritual development: creation, the giving of the law, the coming of Christ, and the Last Judgement. Viewing medieval maps, not as isolated pieces of parchment, but in the context of the manuscripts in which they appear (not necessarily geographies, but more often calendar manuscripts, scientific treatises and histories) reveals the roles played in medieval thought, and how, in turn, medieval thinking determined the form and content of maps.

912 "04/14" --- 528.9 --- 091:912 --- Cartografie. Kaarten. Plattegronden. Atlassen--Middeleeuwen --- Cartography. Mapping (textual documents) --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi-:-Cartografie. Kaarten. Plattegronden. Atlassen --- 091:912 Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi-:-Cartografie. Kaarten. Plattegronden. Atlassen --- 528.9 Cartography. Mapping (textual documents)