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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Table of Contents:
  • 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.