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Lesley B. Cormack

Charting an Empire

Geography at the English Universities 1580-1620

298 pages, 17 halftones, 2 maps, 1 line drawings, 8 tables  6 x 9  © 1997

Cloth $91.00

ISBN: 9780226116068   Published December 1997

Paper $30.00

ISBN: 9780226116075   Published December 1997

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Charting an Empire
1: Geography and the Changing Face of the English University
2: The Social Context of Geography
3: Mathematical Geography: Theory at Practice
4: Descriptive Geography: Tales of Prester John and of the Palace of Edo
5: Chorography: Geography Writ Small
6: The Patronage of Patriotism: The "Third University" of London
Conclusion: Geography and the Idea of Empire
App. A: Sources for Book List
App. B: Geography Books Owned by Students, Fellows, and Libraries of Selected Colleges
Bibliography
Index
Subjects



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