The History of Cartography, Volume Two, Book Thr - Cartography in the Traditional African, American, Arctic, Australian, and Pacific Societies
David Woodward
ISBN 10: 0226907287 ISBN 13: 9780226907284
Published by University of Chicago Press, 1999
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Although they are often rendered in forms unfamiliar to Western eyes, maps have existed in most cultures. In this text contributors from a variety of disciplines collaborate to describe and address the significance of traditional cartographies. Whether painted on rock walls in South Africa, chanted in a Melanesian ritual, or fashioned from palm fronds and shells in the Marshall Islands, all indigenous maps share a crucial role in representing and codifying the spatial knowledge of their various cultures.
About the Author: David Woodward (1942-2004) was the Arthur H. Robinson Professor of Geography Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he taught for more than twenty years. Along with the late J. B. Harley, he was founding editor of the History of Cartography Project. In 2002, the Royal Geographical Society honored him with the Murchison Award for his lifelong contribution to the study of the history of cartography.
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Title: The History of Cartography, Volume Two, Book...
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: HRD
Condition: New