Format:
XXIII, 417 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
,
24 cm
ISBN:
0226389537
,
9780226389530
Uniform Title:
L' empire des cartes 〈engl.〉
Note:
Originally publ. as L'empire des cartes: Approche théorique de la cartographie à travers l'histoire, Éditions Albert Michel, 1992
,
What is a map? -- There are maps, and there are maps -- The map as mediation -- The raw materials of the map -- The printed map -- The atlas: a book of maps -- Pragmatics of the consultation of the map -- Tentative definitions -- Graphics, geometry, and figuration -- The border and graphic representation -- The framework and the Marteloio -- Forms and contours of the Earth -- Order/disorder: the minimal units of graphics -- "Hic sunt leones" -- The visible and reason -- Maps and writing -- The title of the map -- Names on the map: toponymy -- The map and its legends -- The cartographic image: the eye and memory -- Imaginary maps: a poetics of the drawing and the gaze -- Cartographic reading as construction -- Imaginary drifts -- From the map to geography: stages of an apprenticeship
Language:
English
Subjects:
Engineering
,
History
,
Geography
Keywords:
Kartografie
;
Geschichte
;
Karte
;
Kartografie
;
Geschichte
;
Aufsatzsammlung
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0622/2005014228-b.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0622/2005014228-d.html
