The sovereign map : theoretical approaches in cartography throughout history / Christian Jacob ; translated by Tom Conley ; edited by Edward H. Dahl.

Author/creator Jacob, Christian, 1955-
Other author Dahl, Edward H.
Format Book
Edition[English-language ed.].
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
Descriptionxxiii, 417 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
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Subjects

Uniform titleEmpire des cartes. English
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, & 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 & writing -- The title of the map -- Names on the map: toponymy -- The map and its legends -- The cartographic image: the eye & 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.
General note"Originally published as L'empire des cartes: Approche théorique de la cartographie à travers l'histoire, Éditions Albin Michel, 1992"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 389-401) and index.
LCCN 2005014228
ISBN0226389537 (cloth : acid-free paper)
ISBN9780226389530

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Joyner General Stacks GA201 .J3313 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold