Spatial Imaginings in the Age of Colonial Cartographic Reason, Mukherjee, Nilanjana
Автор: Wigen Karen, Sugimoto Fumiko, Karacas Cary Название: Cartographic Japan: A History in Maps ISBN: 022607305X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780226073057 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 5663.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Miles of shelf space in contemporary Japanese bookstores and libraries are devoted to travel guides, walking maps, and topical atlases. Young Japanese children are taught how to properly map their classrooms and schoolgrounds. Elderly retirees pore over old castle plans and village cadasters. Pioneering surveyors are featured in popular television shows, and avid collectors covet exquisite scrolls depicting sea and land routes. Today, Japanese people are zealous producers and consumers of cartography, and maps are an integral part of daily life.
But this was not always the case: a thousand years ago, maps were solely a privilege of the ruling elite in Japan. Only in the past four hundred years has Japanese cartography truly taken off, and between the dawn of Japan's cartographic explosion and today, the nation's society and landscape have undergone major transformations. At every point, maps have documented those monumental changes. Cartographic Japan offers a rich introduction to the resulting treasure trove, with close analysis of one hundred maps from the late 1500s to the present day, each one treated as a distinctive window onto Japan's tumultuous history.
Forty-seven distinguished contributors--hailing from Japan, North America, Europe, and Australia--uncover the meanings behind a key selection of these maps, situating them in historical context and explaining how they were made, read, and used at the time. With more than one hundred gorgeous full-color illustrations, Cartographic Japan offers an enlightening tour of Japan's magnificent cartographic archive.
Автор: Ryan Simon Название: The Cartographic Eye: How Explorers Saw Australia ISBN: 0521577918 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521577915 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5227.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book is an investigation of the presumptions and politics of Australian explorers` texts that shows that they are not the unadorned observations they would have us believe. It scrutinises the scientific and literary methodology of exploration.
Автор: Kovarsky Joel S. Название: The True Geography of Our Country: Jefferson`s Cartographic Vision ISBN: 081393558X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780813935584 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 5821.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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A philosopher, architect, astronomer, and polymath, Thomas Jefferson lived at a time when geography was considered the "mother of all sciences." Although he published only a single printed map, Jefferson was also regarded as a geographer, owing to his interest in and use of geographic and cartographic materials during his many careers--attorney, farmer, sometime surveyor, and regional and national politician--and in his twilight years at Monticello. For roughly twenty-five years he was involved in almost all elements of the urban planning of Washington, D.C., and his surveying skills were reflected in his architectural drawings, including those of the iconic grounds of the University of Virginia. He understood maps not only as valuable for planning but as essential for future land claims and development, exploration and navigation, and continental commercial enterprise.
In The True Geography of Our Country: Jefferson's Cartographic Vision, Joel Kovarsky charts the importance of geography and maps as foundational for Jefferson's lifelong pursuits. Although the world had already seen the Age of Exploration and the great sea voyages of Captain James Cook, Jefferson lived in a time when geography was of primary importance, prefiguring the rapid specializations of the mid- to late-nineteenth-century world. In this illustrated exploration of Jefferson's passion for geography--including his role in planning the route followed and regions explored by Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, as well as other expeditions into the vast expanse of the Louisiana Purchase--Kovarsky reveals how geographical knowledge was essential to the manifold interests of the Sage of Monticello.
Автор: Mirela Alti?; Imre Josef Demhardt; Soetkin Vervust Название: Dissemination of Cartographic Knowledge ISBN: 3319615149 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319615141 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 32142.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book gathers 22 papers which were presented at the 6th International Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography in Dubrovnik, Croatia on 13-15 October 2016. The overall conference theme was `The Dissemination of Cartographic Knowledge: Production - Trade - Consumption - Preservation`.
Описание: This proceedings book presents the first-ever cross-disciplinary analysis of 16th-20th century South, East, and Southeast Asian cartography. Geographically, the topics were limited to South Asia, East Asia and Southeast Asia, with special attention to India, China, Japan, Korea and Indonesia.
Автор: Martijn Storms; Mario Cams; Imre Josef Demhardt; F Название: Mapping Asia: Cartographic Encounters Between East and West ISBN: 3030080080 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783030080082 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 34937.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This proceedings book presents the first-ever cross-disciplinary analysis of 16th–20th century South, East, and Southeast Asian cartography. The central theme of the conference was the mutual influence of Western and Asian cartographic traditions, and the focus was on points of contact between Western and Asian cartographic history. Geographically, the topics were limited to South Asia, East Asia and Southeast Asia, with special attention to India, China, Japan, Korea and Indonesia. Topics addressed included Asia’s place in the world, the Dutch East India Company, toponymy, Philipp Franz von Siebold, maritime cartography, missionary mapping and cadastral mapping.
Автор: A. Garnai Название: Revolutionary Imaginings in the 1790s ISBN: 1349365599 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349365593 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 11179.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Revolutionary Imaginings in the 1790s discusses the work of three prominent women writers by focusing on the response to the French Revolution and the struggle for reform in Britain. Examining previously-neglected texts as well as more familiar ones, the book contributes to our understanding of a period of intense political and literary engagement.
Описание: Traces how Americans imagined forms of nationality during the country`s first five decades within the context of European discussions taking place at the same time. Focusing on three case studies - Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina - this book demonstrates how citizens in different states imagined competing forms of federalism in the fifty years following independence.
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