The History of Cartography, Volume 2, Book 3
Cartography in the Traditional African, American, Arctic, Australian, and Pacific Societies
David Woodward editor G Malcolm Lewis editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:The University of Chicago Press
Published:14th Jan '99
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Although they are often rendered in forms unfamiliar to Western eyes, maps have existed in most cultures. In this text contributors from a variety of disciplines collaborate to describe and address the significance of traditional cartographies. Whether painted on rock walls in South Africa, chanted in a Melanesian ritual, or fashioned from palm fronds and shells in the Marshall Islands, all indigenous maps share a crucial role in representing and codifying the spatial knowledge of their various cultures.
- Winner of American Historical Association James Henry Breasted Prize 1999
ISBN: 9780226907284
Dimensions: 35mm x 24mm x 5mm
Weight: 2665g
500 pages