English Maps: A History: v. 2 (British Library Studies in Map History) - Hardcover

Smith, Catherine Delano; Kain, Roger J. P.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0712346090 ISBN 13: 9780712346092

Publisher: The British Library Publishing Division, 1999

Synopsis

This is an introductory volume on the history of English maps. The authors adopt the revisionist perspectives of the "new" history of cartography, and review a broad range of maps, ranging in date from about 700 AD to the beginning of the 20th century. Their principle objective is to explore the ways in which maps have interacted with society in England's past, to analyze the roles that maps have played and the uses to which they have been put. The authors recognize many connections across the centuries, at the same time seeking to avoid to insular a view, noting the influence of ongoing intellectual and cartographic developments in the rest of Europe.

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About the Author

Catherine Delano-Smith is the editor of "Imago Mundi." Roger J.P. Kain is Montefiore Professor of Geography at the University of Exeter.

Edition details

• Publisher: The British Library Publishing Division
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0712346090
• ISBN 13: 9780712346092
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272