Ancient perspectives : maps and their place in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome /

Other Authors: Talbert, Richard J. A.,
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012
Series:The Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., lectures in the history of cartography
Subjects:
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245 0 0 |a Ancient perspectives :   |b maps and their place in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome /   |c edited by Richard J. A. Talbert 
260 |a Chicago ;   |b The University of Chicago Press,   |c 2012  |a London :  
300 |a ix, 264 p., [4] p. of plates :   |b ill., maps ;   |c 27 cm 
490 0 |a The Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., lectures in the history of cartography 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a The expression of terrestrial and celestial order in ancient Mesopotamia by / Francesca Rochberg -- From topography to cosmos: ancient Egypt's multiple maps / by David O'Connor -- Mapping the world: Greek initiatives from Homer to Eratosthenes / by Georgia L. Irby -- Ptolemy's geography: mapmaking and the scientific enterprise / by Alexander Jones -- Greek and Roman surveying and surveying instruments / by Michael Lewis -- Urbs Roma to orbis romanus: Roman mapping on the grand scale / by Richard J.A. Talbert -- Putting the world in order: mapping in Roman texts / by Benet Salway 
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650 0 |a Cartography   |x History  |z Egypt  
650 0 |a Cartography   |x History  |z Greece  
650 0 |a Cartography   |x History  |z Rome  
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