The Oxford map companion : one hundred sources in world history / Patricia Seed.
Bringing together a rich and diverse collection of 100 historical maps from the Paleolithic to the present, The Oxford Map Companion: One Hundred Sources in World History illustrates how peoples and cultures throughout the human past have imagined their worlds.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780199765638 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0199765634
- Physical Description: 1 atlas (248 p.) : col. ill., col. maps ; 20 x 26 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, c2014.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Mapping the Skies: Prehistory - 1515 CE -- Roads, Rivers, and Routes: 3000 BCE to 1300 CE -- Mapping the World 600 BCE - c. 1450 CE -- An Expanding World, 1300 CE - 1570 CE -- Worlds Colliding, c. 1550 - c. 1800 CE -- Land Surveys, c. 800 - 1800 CE -- Mapping the Natural World, 1800 - 2000 -- Empires, Wars, and Decolonization, 1884 - 1999 -- Mapping Transport and Communication Networks, 1884 - 2006. |
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Subject: | Historical geography > Maps. World history > Maps. World maps. Atlases. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | G 1030 .S443 2014 | 30775305470446 | General Collection | Available | - |
The Oxford Map Companion : One Hundred Sources in World History
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The Oxford Map Companion : One Hundred Sources in World History
Bringing together a rich and diverse collection of 100 historical maps from the Paleolithic to the present, The Oxford Map Companion: One Hundred Sources in World History illustrates how peoples and cultures throughout the human past have imagined their worlds. The collection--which includes many never-before published maps--spans a broad spectrum of human time and cultural diversity. It also features a wide range of map types from every continent, including stick charts, porcelain maps, maps created on sealskin, celestial maps, powder-horn and buckskin maps, silk "escape maps," radio maps, ordnance surveys, subway maps, and maps of the Internet. Combining cutting-edge scholarship and accessibility, renowned scholar and award-wining author Patricia Seed presents new and innovative ways of looking at maps. Organized both chronologically and cartographically, nearly every historical map is accompanied by a locator map and/or schematic diagram--personally crafted by the author--that helps the reader to see the map in its geographical context and to grasp the meaning of its symbols, labels, and overall layout. A master chronology of world history in the front of the book and timelines at the beginning of each Part set the history of mapping in a global framework. Finally, every map includes a corresponding QR code that will allow readers to instantly explore a Google Earth outline of the area covered in the historical map on their smartphones. Visit the companion website at http://www.mapcompanion.org/.