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

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

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Other Authors: Talbert, Richard J. A., 1947-

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2012.

Series: Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., lectures in the history of cartography.

Subjects:

Cartography > Iraq > History.
Cartography > Egypt > History.
Cartography > Greece > History.
Cartography > Rome > History.
Geography, Ancient.
Surveying > History.

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Call Number: GA205 .A64 2012

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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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