Some Notable Surveyors and Map-Makers of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries and their Work

Some Notable Surveyors and Map-Makers of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries and their Work
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 119
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ISBN-10 : 9781107452855
ISBN-13 : 1107452856
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis Some Notable Surveyors and Map-Makers of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries and their Work by : Herbert George Fordham

In this book, which was first published in 1929, Fordham presents a study regarding the history of cartography.

Maps & Civilization

Maps & Civilization
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 346
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ISBN-10 : 0226799735
ISBN-13 : 9780226799735
Rating : 4/5 (35 Downloads)

Synopsis Maps & Civilization by : Norman Joseph William Thrower

Preface1. Introduction: Maps of Preliterate Peoples2. Maps of Classical Antiquity3. Early Maps of East and South Asia4. Cartography in Europe and Islam in the Middle Ages5. The Rediscovery of Ptolemy and Cartography in Renaissance Europe6. Cartography in the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment7. Diversification and Development in the Nineteenth Century8. Modern Cartography: Official and Quasi-Official Maps9. Modern Cartography: Private and Institutional MapsAppendix A: Selected Map ProjectionsAppendix B: Short List of IsogramsAppendix C: GlossaryNotesIllustration SourcesIndex Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

William Faden and Norfolk's Eighteenth Century Landscape

William Faden and Norfolk's Eighteenth Century Landscape
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Publisher : Windgather Press
Total Pages : 218
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ISBN-10 : 9781905119851
ISBN-13 : 1905119852
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis William Faden and Norfolk's Eighteenth Century Landscape by : Andrew Macnair

William Faden's map of Norfolk, published in 1797, was one of a large number of surveys of English counties produced in the second half of the eighteenth century. This book, with accompanying DVD, presents a new digital version of the map, and explains how this can be interrogated to produce a wealth of new historical information. It discusses the making of the Norfolk map, and Faden's own career, within the wider context of the eighteenth-century "cartographic revolution". It explores what the map, and others like it, can tell us about contemporary social and economic geography. But it also shows how, carefully examined, the map can also inform us about the development of the Norfolk landscape in much more remote periods of time. The book includes a digital version of the map, on DVD. Andrew Macnair is Research Fellow at the School of History in the University of East Anglia; Tom Williamson is Professor of History and Head of the Landscape Group at the University of East Anglia.

The Compleat Plattmaker

The Compleat Plattmaker
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 260
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ISBN-10 : 9780520321021
ISBN-13 : 0520321022
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis The Compleat Plattmaker by : Norman J. W. Thrower

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1978.

First Images of America, Volume II

First Images of America, Volume II
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 571
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ISBN-10 : 9780520348127
ISBN-13 : 0520348125
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis First Images of America, Volume II by : Fredi Chiappelli

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1976. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived

The American Revolution, 1775-1783

The American Revolution, 1775-1783
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 98
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ISBN-10 : MINN:20000000903027
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Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis The American Revolution, 1775-1783 by : United States. Naval History Division

Bermuda

Bermuda
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 387
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ISBN-10 : 9781351192699
ISBN-13 : 1351192698
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis Bermuda by : Brent Fortenberry

"This special issue ofPost-Medieval Archaeology, guest edited by Brent Fortenberry (Boston University) and Marley Brown III (The College of William and Mary), celebrates archaeology in Bermuda on the eve of the island's 400th anniversary. The volume presents the diverse nature of contemporary archaeological research on Bermuda, drawing together a wide array of scholars from the disciplines of archaeology, history, material culture studies, heritage and architectural history. The volume seeks to bring about a greater awareness of the island's archaeology and to explore its place within the historic and contemporary Atlantic world."