Maps and Civilization

Cartography in Culture and Society, Third Edition

Norman J. W. Thrower

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Year: 2008
• Print ISBN:
  9780226799742
• eBook ISBN:
  9780226799759
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: World History
• Index: Biological Sciences

In this concise introduction to the history of cartography, Norman J. W. Thrower charts the intimate links between maps and history from antiquity to the present day. A wealth of illustrations, including the oldest known map and contemporary examples made using Geographical Information Systems (GIS), illuminate the many ways in which various human cultures have interpreted spatial relationships.
The third edition of Maps and Civilization incorporates numerous revisions, features new material throughout the book, and includes a new alphabetized bibliography.
 
Praise for previous editions of Maps and Civilization:
"A marvelous compendium of map lore. Anyone truly interested in the development of cartography will want to have his or her own copy to annotate, underline, and index for handy referencing."—L. M. Sebert, Geomatica

Index

Numbers in boldface refer to pages with illustrations.

Aargau (Swiss Canton), 150

Abacus, 227

Aborigines, Australian, 9

Académie Royale des Sciences, 92, 105, 106, 111, 116

Acapulco, 107

Accademia Cosmografia degli Argnauti, 123

Adams, John, 94

Admiralty, British, 172

Advertising, 217

Aegean Islands, 48

Aerial (air) photography, 160, 163, 173, 174, 177, 182, 194; vertical, 173, 175, 186, 199, 210, 229

Aerial platform, 163

Aerial surveys, 173. See also Photogrammetry

Afghanistan, 36, 37, 38

Africa, 19, 23, 24, 42, 56, 75, 85, 110, 153, 154; coast of, 64; eastern, 33, 64; interior, 155; northern, 25, 39, 48, 55, 56, 77, 209; southern, 56, 60, 64, 65; western, 63, 65, 66

African Association, 154

Agnese, Battista, 76

Agra-Akbarabad, 36

Agriculture, 183, 192, 193, 203, 232

Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius, 24, 25, 26, 30

Airbrush, 177

Aircraft, 163, 169, 173

Airlines, 205

Airplane, 160, 163, 168, 171, 173, 205; reconnaissance, 163

Airports, 187, 205

Air travel, 245

Airy, Sir George B., 159

Ajmer, 36

Albemarle Sound, 120

Albers, Heinrich C., 159

Albert I, prince of Monaco, 172

Alexander the Great, 19, 27

Alexandria, 20, 21, 23, 24

Algarve, 63

Alhazen (Abū ‘Alī al-Hasan), 162

Alleys, 192

Alpha, Tau Rho, 226

Alps, 58, 72, 154, 199, 212

Alta California, 155

Altitude, 114, 129, 163, 205; diagrams, 130; measurement of, 30; tints, 114, 129, 194; zones, 129

Amalfi, 51

Amazon River, 129

America, 63, 65, 71, 73, 76, 85, 116, 117, 123, 129, 133, 144, 155, 160, 163, 164, 220; Anglo-, 117; Colonial, 117; discovery of, 6...

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication Page
• Contents
• Preface
• One - Introduction: Maps of Preliterate Peoples
• Two - Maps of Classical Antiquity
• Three - Early Maps of East and South Asia
• Four - Cartography in Europe and Islam in the Middle Ages
• Five - The Rediscovery of Ptolemy and Cartography in Renaissance Europe
• Six - Cartography in the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment
• Seven - Diversification and Development in the Nineteenth Century
• Eight - Modern Cartography: Official and Quasi-Official Maps
• Nine - Modern Cartography: Private and Institutional Maps
• Appendix A - Selected Map Projections
• Appendix B - Short List of Isograms
• Appendix C - Glossary
• Notes
• Illustration Sources
• Bibliography
• Index