ATLAS OF ATLASSES: Mapmaker's Vision of the World - Hardcover

ALLEN, PHILLIP

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0091773598 ISBN 13: 9780091773595

Verlag: Random House UK, 1997

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Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 160 pages; Physical desc. : 160 p. : col. Ill. , maps ; 31 cm. Summary: This atlas reference reproduces some pages from five centuries of atlas-making, accompanied by cartographic and historical commentary. The maps are taken from Birmingham Central Library, one of Britain's foremost historical atlas collections. When Ptolemy's distance calculations led him to sketch the outline of the known world in the second-century AD, he not only became the first cartographer, but also founded an enduring art form. Bound into atlases, these maps plot the progress of humankind across the globe and provide a perspective on the world view through the centuries. A bequest to the Birmingham Central Library featured the first-ever atlases of the 15th century, including early atlases known as "Ptolemy's", after the ancient practitioner of the craft of cartography. There are also atlases by all the great cartographers: Mercator, De Wit and Waghenaer. Subject: Birmingham Central Library. Cadbury Collection - Archives. Cartography - History. Discoveries in geography - Maps. Atlases - History. Atlases ; History ; CartographyAtlases ; Natural history & pets.

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This book includes maps from the Ptolemys of the 15th century to the present day which show history in the making. The atlases are drawn from the Cadbury Bequest to Birmingham Central Library who have continued the work of the 19th-century collector by acquiring fine atlases from all periods of history, and all the great atlases are represented. Also included is a commentary from the collection's curators detailing the classical and medieval tradition, including the work of Ptolemy and the Mappa Mundi, the era of exploration and the flowering cartography stimulated by the voyages of Columbus, da Gama and Magellen. The "Dominance of the Dutch" looks at the work of Ortelius and Mercator while the "Age of Empires" traces the growth of the British and French empires and increasing interest in scientific exploration, while the "Modern Age" shows how atlases helped serve the aims of growth of empire, expansion of knowledge and the advancement of "civilization". The development of the craft of map-making and surveying is also covered with photographs of the lavish contemporary buildings.

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• Verlag: Random House UK
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0091773598
• ISBN 13: 9780091773595
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160