Vitbar192 ® 04-Сен-2020 07:41

The History of Cartography, Vol.2 Book 3 - Cartography in the Traditional African, American, Arctic, Australian, and Pacific Societies


Year: 1998
Language: english
Author: Woodward D., Lewis M.G.
Genre: History
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226907284
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned pages
Pages count: 674
Description: "Certain to be the standard reference for all subsequent scholarship."—John Noble Wilford, New York Times Book Review, on the History of Cartography series
"The maps in this book provide an evocative picture of how indigenous peoples view and represent their worlds. They illuminate not only questions of material culture but also the cognitive systems and social motivations that underpin them" (from the introduction).
Although they are often rendered in forms unfamiliar to Western eyes, maps have existed in most cultures. In this latest book of the acclaimed History of Cartography, contributors from a broad 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. Some also serve as repositories of a group's sacred or historical traditions, while others are exquisite art objects.
The indigenous maps discussed in this book offer a rich resource for disciplines such as anthropology, archaeology, art history, ethnology, geography, history, psychology, and sociology. Copious illustrations and carefully researched bibliographies enhance the scholarly value of this definitive reference.

Contents

Screenshots

Woodward D., Lewis M.G. The History of Cartography, Vol.2 Book 3 - Cartography in the Traditional African, American, Arctic, Australian, and Pacific Societies, 1998.pdf

Скачать [18 KB]

Спасибо

Похожие релизы

The History of Cartography, Vol.2 Book 1 - Cartography in the Traditional Islamic and South Asian…
The History of Cartography, Vol.1 - Cartography in Prehistoric, Ancient, and Medieval Europe and…
Maps and Civilization - Cartography in Culture and Society - Thrower N.J.W. [2008, PDF/EPUB]
The History of Cartography, Vol.2 Book 2 - Cartography in the Traditional East and Southeast Asian…
The Great Canoes in the Sky - Starlore and Astronomy of the South Pacific - Chadwick S.R.,…
The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of Northern Eurasia - Luukkanen H., Fitzhugh W.W., Anichtchenko E.…
The History of Cartography, Volume 4: Cartography in the European Enlightenment - Matthew H. Edney,…
Cartography, The Ideal and Its History - Matthew H. Edney [2019, PDF]
Ancient Ocean Crossings: Reconsidering the Case for Contacts with the Pre-Columbian - Stephen C.…
Time in Maps - From the Age of Discovery to Our Digital Era - Winterer C., Wigen K. [2020, PDF/EPUB]
  • Ответить

Текущее время: Сегодня 20:34

Часовой пояс: GMT + 3