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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

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The History of Cartography, Volume 2, Book 3 cover

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