An edition of The sovereign map
(2006)
The sovereign map
theoretical approaches in cartography throughout history
by Jacob, Christian
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The sovereign map: theoretical approaches in cartography throughout history
2006, University of Chicago Press
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0226389537 9780226389530
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Table of Contents
What is a map?
There are maps, and there are maps
The map as mediation
The raw materials of the map
The printed map
The atlas: a book of maps
Pragmatics of the consultation of the map
Tentative definitions
Graphics, geometry, and figuration
The border and graphic representation
The framework and the Marteloio
Forms and contours of the Earth
Order/disorder: the minimal units of graphics
"Hic sunt leones"
The visible and reason
Maps and writing
The title of the map
Names on the map: toponymy
The map and its legends
The cartographic image: the eye and memory
Imaginary maps: a poetics of the drawing and the gaze
Cartographic reading as construction
Imaginary drifts
From the map to geography: stages of an apprenticeship.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Originally published as L'empire des cartes: Approche théorique de la cartographie à travers histoire, Éditions Albin Michel, 1992"--T.p. verso.
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