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Preface, J. B. Harley and David Woodward
Chapter 1: The Map and the Development of the History of Cartography, J. B. Harley
Renaissance to Enlightenment: The Early Antecedents of the History of Cartography
The History of Cartography as Handmaiden: Traditional Themes from the Nineteenth Century
The Growth of a Scholarly Identity
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
The Source Material and Its Interpretation
Recognition of Topographical Maps by Antiquarians in European Rock Art
The Classification of Prehistoric Maps from Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa in the Prehistoric Period
Topographical Maps
Celestial Maps
Cosmological Maps
Conclusion
Chapter 5: Cartography in the Ancient World: An Introduction, O. A. W. Dilke
Chapter 6: Cartography in the Ancient Near East, A. R. Millard
Babylonian Mensuration and Calculation
Babylonian Plans
Babylonian Small-Scale Maps
Celestial Geography
Cartographic Knowledge in Syria and Palestine
Turin Map of the Gold Mines
Land Survey, Cadastral Maps, and Building Plans
The Impact of New Theories on Cartography from the Sixth to the Fourth Century B.C.: Pythagoras, Herodotus, and Democritus
Theory into Practice: New Celestial Globes and Maps in the Fourth Century B.C.
The Measurement of the Earth and the World Map by Eratosthenes
The Dissemination of Cartographic Knowledge
Maps and Globes in Education
The Map of the Inhabited World Recommended by Strabo
Ptolemy's Instructions for Mapmaking
The Celestial Globe in the Almagest
The Climata in the Almagest
The Geography
Size and Dimensions of the Inhabited World in the Geography
Map Projections
Ptolemy as a Mapmaker: The Tables of Coordinates
Cartographic Insights from Ptolemy's Topography: The Coordinates and the Regional Maps
Ptolemy's Topography in the Coordinates and Maps: General Considerations
Ptolemy's Coordinates: The Examples of the British Isles and Italy
Ptolemy's Maps: Some Regional Examples
Geographical and Cadastral Maps from the Republican Period
Geographical Maps
Agrippa's World Map
Cadastral Maps
The Corpus Agrimensorum
The Cadasters of Arausio
Large-Scale Town Maps: The Forma Urbis Romae
Engineering Plans for Tunnels and Aqueducts
The Latin Geographical Manuscripts and Their Maps
Maps as Decorative and Symbolic Images
The Use of Maps in the Roman Period
Religious Cartography: Cosmas Indicopleustes and the Map Mosaics
The Greek Revival and Ptolemy's Geography
The Greek Manuscripts of Ptolemy's Geography
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
Map and Text
Terms
Realism versus Symbolism
Relationship of Mappaemundi to Other Medieval Maps
Problems in the Study of Mappaemundi
Classification Systems
Main Periods of Mappaemundi
Macrobius to Isidore: The Late Greco-Roman and Patristic Period
Bede to Lambert of Saint-Omer
Henry of Mainz to Richard of Haldingham
Pietro Vesconte to Fra Mauro: The Transitional Period to 1460
Themes in the Study of Mappaemundi
Form
Content and Meaning
Conclusions
The Origin and Compilation of the Portolan Charts
Drafting
Stylistic Content
Hydrographic Development
Toponymic Development
The Business of Chartmaking
The Function of the Portolan Charts
Conclusions
Origins and Development
Maps of Palestine and Its Cities
Maps of Italian Cities
Northern Italian District Maps
The Isolarii: Buondelmonti's Liber Insularum Arcipelagi
Other Local Maps
Purpose and Use
Surveying and Mapping
Itinerary Maps and the Development of Maps Drawn to Scale
Cognitive Transformations
Social Contexts
Bibliographical Index
General Index, Jeffrey Pinkham
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Last Updated: 20 December 1996.