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History of Cartography

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 14

Scope and Contents

Includes slides for Mapmaking by Early Civilizations and Non-Western Peoples, 1-5 (sheet 1); Greek and Roman Cartography, 6-13 (sheet 1); Moslem Cartography, 14-20 (sheet 1); Maps of the Early Middle Ages, 21-30 (sheets 1-2); Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Cartography, 31-45 (sheets 2-3); The Revival of Ptolemy, 46-50 (sheet 3); The Mapping of the Discoveries, 51-70 (sheets 3-4); Late Portolan Charts and Sea Atlases, 71-84 (sheets 4-5); German, Scandinavian and English Mapmakers, 1493-1610, 85-93 (sheet 5); The Mapping of America, 94-120 (sheets 5-6); Italian Cartographers of the Sixteenth Century, 121-124 (sheet 7); Discoverer's Maps, 125-132 (sheet 7); Unusual Renaissance Maps, 133-139 (sheet 7); The Century of Atlases, 140-152 (sheets 7-8); Russian Cartography in the 17th and 18th Centuries, 153-157 (sheet 8); The Reformation of Cartography, 158-162 (sheets 8-9); Surveying and Triangulation, 1516-1800, 163-173 (sheet 9); Surveying and Navigation; Map Printing, the Map Trade, 174-183 (sheets 9-10); Early Thematic Maps, 184-192 (sheet 10); Map Projections of the 15th and 16th Centuries, 193-204 (sheets 10-11); Chinese Cartography, 205-212 (sheet 11); Newberry Library: Historical Maps: Europe and the World (sheet 12); Newberry Library: European Town Plans and Views (sheet 13); and Projections and Cartographic Techniques (sheet 14).

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