Newberry Library (COR)/ Robert W. Karrow/ David Buisseret/ James Akerman/ Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography (COR)/ International Conference on the History of Cartography 1993 C
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Buisseret (history of cartography, Newberry Library) uses some 300 color and b&w aerial photographs, satellite images, rare historic illustrations, and maps to recreate the story of Illinois over cent
These diverse essays investigate political factors behind the rapid development of cartography in Renaissance Europe and its impact on emerging European nations.By 1500 a few rulers had already disco
A teacher and writer of mathematics, John Taylor (1664-after 1701) is rare for having spent time in Jamaica then returning alive to England. He left an account of his Caribbean experience that provide
Churchman or merchant, soldier or sanitary engineer, everyone who lives in a city sees it differently. Envisioning the City explores how these points of urban view have been expressed in city plans. R
Quite suddenly, a new way of delineating the countryside emerged in Tudor England - the estate map. Usually drawn by trained surveyors, these finely executed maps showed the lands of a single estate
Covering all aspects of global exploration, from Antarctica to the North Pole, The Oxford Companion to World Exploration examines the lives and expeditions of heroic and influential explorers. This co
