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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Brotton, Jerry.     Subjects     Historical geography -- Maps.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Brotton, Jerry.       by title:      A history of the wor...         MARC Display

A history of the world in twelve maps / Jerry Brotton. by Brotton, Jerry. New York, N.Y. : Viking, 2013. Subjects Historical geography -- Maps. ISBN:  9780670023394 (hardback) 0670023396 (hardback) Description:  xix, 521 p., [48] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm. Contents:  Introduction -- Science: Ptolemy's 'Geography,' c. AD 150 -- Exchange: Al-Idrīsī, AD 1154 -- Faith: Hereford 'Mappamundi,' c. 1300 -- Empire: Kangnido World Map, 1402 -- Discovery: Martin Waldseemüller, World Map, 1507 -- Globalism: Diogo Ribeiro, World Map, 1529 -- Toleration: Gerard Mercator, World Map, 1569 -- Money: Joan Blaeu, 'Atlas maior,' 1662 -- Nation: The Cassini Family, Map of France, 1793 -- Geopolitics: Halford Mackinder, 'The Geographical Pivot of History', 1904 -- Equality: The Peters Projection, 1973 -- Information: Google Earth, 2012 -- Conclusion: The eye of history? Requests:  0 Summary:  "In this masterful study, historian and cartography expert Jerry Brotton explores a dozen of history's most influential maps, from stone tablet to vibrant computer screen. Starting with Ptolemy, "father of modern geography," and ending with satellite cartography, A History of the World in 12 Maps brings maps from classical Greece, Renaissance Europe, and the Islamic and Buddhist worlds to life and reveals their influence on how we--literally--look at our present world. As Brotton shows, the long road to our present geographical reality was rife with controversy, manipulation, and special interests trumping science. Through the centuries maps have been wielded to promote any number of imperial, religious, and economic agendas, and have represented the idiosyncratic and uneasy fusion of science and subjectivity. Brotton also conjures the worlds that produced these notable works of cartography and tells the stories of those who created, used, and misused them for their own ends"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Hawaii Kai Public Library Adult Nonfiction 911 Br Checked out 07/12/2024 Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 911 Br Checked out 07/18/2024 Add Copy to MyList Lihue Public Library Adult Nonfiction 911 Br Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Molokai Public Library Adult Nonfiction 911 Br Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Pahoa P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 911 Br Checked In   Add Copy to MyList

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