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A history of the world in twelve maps / Jerry Brotton.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: eng Publication details: London : Allen Lane, 2012.Description: xvii, 513 pages, [48] of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781846140990 (hbk.)
  • 1846140994 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 526.09
LOC classification:
  • GA 201 B874h 2012
Contents:
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 : Juan Blaeu, Atlas maior, 1662 -- Nation : the Cassini family, map of France, 1793 -- Geopolitics : Halford Mackinder, 'The geographical pivot of history', 1904 -- Equality : the Peters project, 1973 -- Information : Google earth, 2012 -- Conclusion : the eye of history?
Summary: Throughout history, maps have been fundamental in shaping our view of the world, and our place in it. But far from being purely scientific objects, world maps are unavoidably partial and subjective, intimately bound up with the systems of power, authority and creativity of particular times and places
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) GA 201 B874h 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000171131

Includes bibliographical references (p. 447-482) and index.

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 : Juan Blaeu, Atlas maior, 1662 -- Nation : the Cassini family, map of France, 1793 -- Geopolitics : Halford Mackinder, 'The geographical pivot of history', 1904 -- Equality : the Peters project, 1973 -- Information : Google earth, 2012 -- Conclusion : the eye of history?

Throughout history, maps have been fundamental in shaping our view of the world, and our place in it. But far from being purely scientific objects, world maps are unavoidably partial and subjective, intimately bound up with the systems of power, authority and creativity of particular times and places

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