Ancient perspectives : maps and their place in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome /
Ancient perspectives : maps and their place in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome /
edited by Richard J. A. Talbert.
- Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012.
- ix, 264 pages, [4] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
- The Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., lectures in the history of cartography .
The expression of terrestrial and celestial order in ancient Mesopotamia by / Francesca Rochberg -- From topography to cosmos: ancient Egypt's multiple maps / by David O'Connor -- Mapping the world: Greek initiatives from Homer to Eratosthenes / by Georgia L. Irby -- Ptolemy's geography: mapmaking and the scientific enterprise / by Alexander Jones -- Greek and Roman surveying and surveying instruments / by Michael Lewis -- Urbs Roma to orbis romanus: Roman mapping on the grand scale / by Richard J.A. Talbert -- Putting the world in order: mapping in Roman texts / by Benet Salway.
9780226789378 (cloth : alkaline paper) 0226789373 (cloth : alkaline paper)
2012001810
Cartography--History.--Iraq
Cartography--History.--Egypt
Cartography--History.--Greece
Cartography--History.--Rome
Geography, Ancient.
Surveying--History.
GA205 / .A64 2012
526.09/01
The expression of terrestrial and celestial order in ancient Mesopotamia by / Francesca Rochberg -- From topography to cosmos: ancient Egypt's multiple maps / by David O'Connor -- Mapping the world: Greek initiatives from Homer to Eratosthenes / by Georgia L. Irby -- Ptolemy's geography: mapmaking and the scientific enterprise / by Alexander Jones -- Greek and Roman surveying and surveying instruments / by Michael Lewis -- Urbs Roma to orbis romanus: Roman mapping on the grand scale / by Richard J.A. Talbert -- Putting the world in order: mapping in Roman texts / by Benet Salway.
9780226789378 (cloth : alkaline paper) 0226789373 (cloth : alkaline paper)
2012001810
Cartography--History.--Iraq
Cartography--History.--Egypt
Cartography--History.--Greece
Cartography--History.--Rome
Geography, Ancient.
Surveying--History.
GA205 / .A64 2012
526.09/01