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Edited by J. B. Harley and David Woodward

The History of Cartography, Volume 1

Cartography in Prehistoric, Ancient, and Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean

622 pages, 32-page color insert, 40 color plates, 240 halftones  8-1/2 x 11  © 1987
Series: The History of Cartography

Cloth $242.00

ISBN: 9780226316338   Published May 1987

Related links: The History of Cartography Project at the University of Wisconsin.

List of Illustrations
Preface
   J. B. Harley and David Woodward

Chapter 1: The Map and the Development of the History of Cartography
   J. B. Harley

PART ONE Cartography in Prehistoric Europe and the Mediterranean


Chapter 2: Prehistoric Maps and the History of Cartography: An Introduction
   Catherine Delano Smith

Chapter 3: The Origins of Cartography
   G. Malcolm Lewis

Chapter 4: Cartography in the Prehistoric Period in the Old World: Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa
   Catherine Delano Smith

PART TWO Cartography in Ancient Europe and the Mediterranean


Chapter 5: Cartography in the Ancient World: An Introduction,
   O. A. W. Dilke

Chapter 6: Cartography in the Ancient Near East
   A. R. Millard

Chapter 7: Egyptian Cartography
   A. F. Shore

Chapter 8: The Foundations of Theoretical Cartography in Archaic and Classical Greece
   Prepared by the editors from materials supplied by Germaine Aujac

Chapter 9: The Growth of an Empirical Cartography in Hellenistic Greece
   Prepared by the editors from materials supplied by Germaine Aujac

Chapter 10: Greek Cartography in the Early Roman World
   Prepared by the editors from materials supplied by Germaine Aujac

Chapter 11: The Culmination of Greek Cartography in Ptolemy
   O. A. W. Dilke with additional material supplied by the editors

Chapter 12: Maps in the Service of the State: Roman Cartography to the End of the Augustan Era
   O. A. W. Dilke

Chapter 13: Roman Large-Scale Mapping in the Early Empire
   O. A. W. Dilke

Chapter 14: Itineraries and Geographical Maps in the Early and Late Roman Empires
   O. A. W. Dilke

Chapter 15: Cartography in the Byzantine Empire
   O. A. W. Dilke with additional material supplied by the editors

Chapter 16: Cartography in the Ancient World: A Conclusion
   O. A. W. Dilke

PART THREE Cartography in Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean


Chapter 17: Medieval Maps: An Introduction
   P. D. A. Harvey

Chapter 18: Medieval Mappaemundi
   David Woodward

Chapter 19: Portolan Charts from the Late Thirteenth Century to 1500
   Tony Campbell

Chapter 20: Local and Regional Cartography in Medieval Europe
   P. D. A. Harvey

Chapter 21: Concluding Remarks
   J. B. Harley and David Woodward

List of Contributors
Bibliographical Index
General Index
   Jeffrey Pinkham
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