Ancient perspectives : maps and their place in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome
Title:
Ancient perspectives : maps and their place in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome
Author:
Talbert, Richard J. A., 1947-, editor.
ISBN:
9780226789408
Physical Description:
1 online resource (284 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Series:
The Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., lectures in the history of cartography
Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., lectures in the history of cartography.
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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