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History of Cartography

2013
Until the 1980s, the study of the history of cartography was defined by two idealizations: (1) that maps are strictly factual statements and (2) that cartography is an innately progressive science that serves as a surrogate for Western civilization as a whole.
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Selected papers from the 16th international conference on the history of cartography: Theoretical aspects of the history of cartography: Toward a cultural history of cartography

Imago Mundi, 1996
Abstract Theory is not a goal in itself but a means of enriching the history of cartography by stimulating new research questions and objectives. In this paper the concept of ‘transparent maps’ (carriers of an image of the external reality of the world) and ‘opaque maps’ is introduced.
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Asia in the history of cartography

Imago Mundi, 1996
The History of Cartography, Volume Two, Book One: Cartography in the Traditional Islamic and South Asian Societies. Edited by J. B. Harley and David Woodward. Chicago and London: Chicago University Press, 1992. ISBN 0 226 31635 1. Pp xxiv, 579, 355 illus., 40 coloured plates. US$143.75 (cloth).
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Theory and the history of cartography

Imago Mundi, 1996
Abstract Cartographic history has been dominated by an empiricism that treats the nature of maps as self‐evident and which denies the presence of any theory. In contrast, this paper argues that theories lie at the root of all empirical study whether or not they are acknowledged. The linear, progressive model of cartographic development, for example, is
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Blueprinting in the History of Cartography

The Cartographic Journal, 2009
From the mid-19th century to the Second World War, blueprinting played an important role in the dissemination of maps. The technology was well suited to meeting the need for inexpensive copies, particularly when print runs required quick production schedules with little or no assistance from skilled tradesmen.
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Selected papers from the 16th international conference on the history of cartography: Theoretical aspects of the history of cartography: Why theory in the history of cartography?

Imago Mundi, 1996
Abstract In focusing on the ‘history’ of the history of cartography, attention is drawn to the need to distinguish between two sources of theory: critical theory, for the way maps are interpreted as historical documents; and a variety of bodies of theory (such as those of the social sciences, humanities, and sciences) for the information derived from ...
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The History of Cartography, Volume Six; Cartography in the Twentieth Century

The Cartographic Journal, 2016
The publication of volume six of The History of Cartography is a momentous occasion. Monmonier, its editor, has the right blend of general and specialist knowledge to make this a very special volum...
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Microbiome cartography

Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2022
Mathew Stracy
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History of Cartography

Geographical Review, 1938
Dana B. Durand, Leo Bagrow, Edward Lynam
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History of Cartography

The Geographical Journal, 1965
J. B. Harley, Leo Bagrow, R. A. Skelton
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