The Image of the World: 20 Centuries of World Maps - Couverture souple

Whitfield, Peter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0712345329 ISBN 13 : 9780712345323

Editeur : The British Library Publishing Division, 1997

Synopsis

This study explores world mapping from man's earliest pictures of his environment to the exploration of the most remote reaches of the globe in the 20th century. Drawing on a wealth of cartographic images, this text analyzes a wide range of maps as historical, cultural and geographical documents, and places them in the context of the wider history of ideas. Several of the maps illustrated, previously known only in black and white, have been hand-coloured in the style of the period.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

From the classic Greek origins of the world map, through the elaborately decorated manuscript maps and printed maps of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries which are works of art in themselves, to modern scientific maps showing the ocean floor, Peter Whitfield examines the history of world mapmaking through 70 outstanding individual examples. He discusses each map in relation to the religious, political, social or economic climates in which they were produced and considers what these maps reveal about the perceptions of their makers.

Biographie de l'auteur

Peter Whitfield is a historian, critic and poet. He was formerly the director of Stanfords International Map Centre in London and now runs the publishing company Wychwood Editions

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The British Library Publishing Division
• Date d'édition: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0712345329
• ISBN 13: 9780712345323
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible