History of Cartography - International Symposia of the ICA Commission - various authors [201X, PDF]

History of Cartography - International Symposia of the ICA Commission

Year: 201X
Language: english
Author: various authors
Genre: Collection of books
Publisher: Springer
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Pages count: > 1500
Description: The folder consists of five volumes, each one covers an international simposium of the International Cartographic Association (ICA) Commission on the History of Cartography. Each volume contains a selection of articles/research papers dedicated to a general theme.
1. Mapping Empires Colonial Cartographies of Land and Sea - 7th International Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography, 2018.
This volume comprises 17 chapters/research papers with original researches on many interdisciplinary aspects of geography, history and the geographic information sciences. The theme is ‘Mapping Empires: Colonial Cartographies of Land and Sea’.
2. Dissemination of Cartographic Knowledge - 6th International Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography, 2016.
This volume gathers 22 papers, and presents original research by internationally respected authors in the field of historical cartography, offering a significant contribution to the development of this field of study, but also of geography, history and the GIS sciences.
3. History of Military Cartography - 5th International Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography, 2014.
This volume gathers 19 papers first presented at the 5th International Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography. Articles deal with the military cartography of the First World War (1914-1918). The papers are classified by period and regional sub-theme, i.e. Military Cartography from the 18th to the 20th century; WW I Cartography in Belgium, Central Europe, etc.
4. History of Cartography - 4th International Symposium of the ICA, 2012.
This volume consists of 20 articles, and is focused on the general theme, “Exploration—Discovery—Cartography”, as ehe nineteenth century was a period characterised by a quest for empirical knowledge with regard to the geography of the earth, marked by voyages of exploration by sea and land.
5. History of Cartography - 3rd International Symposium of the ICA Commission, 2010.
This volume emanates from the 3rd International Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography, 2010. The general theme was “Charting the Cartography of Chartered Companies”. Chartered Companies were decided on as they played an important role in semi-official overseas exploration, trade, expansion, and colonial power. These companies relied upon maps and charts for planning, implementation and operation, and often employed their own surveyors and map making departments. The volume consists of 18 articles.