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Maps, Plans, Views, and Coins, Illustrative of the Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece [Of J.J. Barthélemy. by J.D. Barbié Du Bocage, Tr. by W
Maps, Plans, Views, and Coins, Illustrative of the Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece of J.J. Barthélemy, by J.D. Barbié Du Bocage. Tr. by W. Beaumont is a beautifully illustrated guide to the Greek world as experienced by the fictional traveler Anacharsis. With detailed maps, plans, and views of famous Greek sites like Athens, Sparta, and Corinth, as well as images of ancient coins and other artifacts, this book provides a vivid sense of what life was like in ancient Greece. With commentary and analysis by notable French scholars Jean-Jacques Barthélemy and Jean Denis Barbié du Bocage, this volume is an essential resource for anyone interested in classical history and culture. ...
Cartography in France, 1660-1848
French scientists, engineers, and public officials were responsible for the most important and distinctive innovations in cartography in eighteenth-century Europe. By expanding the analytical uses of maps, by establishing unprecedented standards of accuracy, and by nurturing institutional frameworks to sustain mapping projects over many years, the French contributed to one of the central concepts of modern times: that man, through direct observation and accumulated information can better understand and manage his affairs. Concentrating on how and why new concepts and techniques of making and using maps were introduced, Josef Konvitz skillfully traces the modernization of cartography during t...
Companions in Geography
In Companions in Geography Mario Cams explores the early 18th century mapping of Qing China, one of the largest scientific projects of the early modern world and shaped by the collaboration between European missionaries and Qing officials.
Geography Unbound
List of Figures AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart One: Geography's CrisisOne: The Nature of Eighteenth-Century Geography: Cartographic and Textual DescriptionTwo: Geography's Loss of Direction and StatusPart Two: Reaction and ContinuityThree: Universal DescriptionFour: The Powerful Mapping MetaphorFive: Handmaiden to PowerPart Three: Innovation on the MarginsSix: Explaining the Social RealmSeven: Innovation in Natural GeographyEight: Tough-Minded Historical GeographyConclusionNotesReferencesIndexGodlewska/Geography Unbound-contents1 Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
