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Costing 350 guilders for a non-coloured and 450 guilders for a coloured version, the atlas was the most precious book of the 17th century. However, the Atlas Maior was also a turning point: after that time the role of Dutch cartography (and Netherlandish cartography in general) was finished. Janssonius died in 1664 while a great fire in 1672 ...
Imago Mundi (/ i ˈ m ɑː ɡ oʊ ˈ m uː n d i / ee-MAH-goh MOON-dee), or in full Imago Mundi: International Journal for the History of Cartography, is a semiannual peer-reviewed academic journal about mapping, established in 1935 by Leo Bagrow. [1] [2] It covers the history of early maps, cartography, and map-related ideas.
The history of cartography at the School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St. Andrews, Scotland Antique Maps by Carl Moreland and David Bannister - complete text of the book, with information both on mapmaking and on mapmakers, including short biographies of many cartographers
An Abridgment of the History at the Human Race. A continuation of ibn al-Athir's The Complete History through 1329. Taqwim al-Buldan (A Sketch of the Countries). A text on geography that includes descriptions of the major cities of the world and contains the first known reference to the circumnavigator's paradox in which travelers gain or lose ...
History of cartography; Jambudvīpa, a geographic idea originated in India; Johannes Schöner globe, made in 1520; Mappa mundi, medieval European maps of the world; Nebra sky disc, a Bronze Age "map" of the cosmos; Terra incognita, uncharted territories documented in early maps; Vinland Map, a claimed 15th-century map later confirmed as a 20th ...
Anders Bure (before his ennoblement Andreas Bureus; 14 August 1571 – 4 February 1646) [a] was a Swedish cartographer, considered the "father of Swedish cartography".He worked in the royal chancery (the precursor to the Government offices) and in 1603 was commissioned to produce a map of the Nordic countries by the future King Charles IX of Sweden.
The history of longitude describes the centuries-long effort by astronomers, cartographers and navigators to discover a means of determining the longitude (the east-west position) of any given place on Earth. The measurement of longitude is important to both cartography and navigation.
In 1989 a second book, The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress: 1789-1989, was published by Macmillan.Using the congressional district boundary maps from the first atlas as the base maps, this work was the first book in American history to map the political party winner for all congressional elections for every state and district from 1789.