Writing, geometry and space in seventeenth-century England and America : circles in the sand

Writing, geometry and space in seventeenth-century England and America : circles in the sand / Jess Edwards.

Author/creator	Edwards, Jess, 1967-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
Description	x, 166 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	Cartography--England --History --17th century. Cartography--America --History --17th century. Cartography--Mathematics --History --17th century. Surveying--England --History --17th century. Surveying--America --History --17th century. Early maps. Cartography--Economic aspects.

Series	Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 5 Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 5. ^A560720
Contents	Introduction : writing, geometry and space -- Discipline and polish : the age of improvement and its limits -- Humanist geometries : circles in the sand -- Discipline reconsidered : a perspective to look beyond tradition -- Ambivalent geographies -- Points mean prizes : self-fashioning and the mathematical career -- The doubtful traveller : mapping and the middle man.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-162) and index.
LCCN	2005000800
ISBN	041532341X
ISBN	9780415323413

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	GA793.6.A1E39 2006	✔ Available	Place Hold