The new nature of maps: essays in the history of cartography

"Focusing on historical examples and the practices of modern cartography, J. B. Harley (1932-1991) offers an alternative to the dominant view that Western cartography since the Renaissance has been a progressive technological, scientific, and objective trajectory of development. This traditiona...

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1. Verfasser: Harley, J. B. 1932-1991 (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Baltimore The Johns Hopkins University Press 2001
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Zusammenfassung:"Focusing on historical examples and the practices of modern cartography, J. B. Harley (1932-1991) offers an alternative to the dominant view that Western cartography since the Renaissance has been a progressive technological, scientific, and objective trajectory of development. This traditional view asserts that maps produce an accurate relational model of terrain and, as such, epitomize representational modernism, which is rooted in the project of the Enlightenment; in sum, maps banish subjectivity from the image. Accordingly, cartographers have promoted a standard scientific model for their discipline, one in which a mirror of nature can be projected through geometry and measurement. Cartographers often mistakenly assess early maps by this modern yardstick, excising from the accepted canon of mapping not only maps from the premodern era but also those from other cultures that do not match Western notions of accuracy."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:xv, 331 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm
ISBN:0801865662
0801870909
9780801870903

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