TY - BOOK AU - Talbert,Richard J.A. TI - Ancient perspectives: maps and their place in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome T2 - The Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., lectures in the history of cartography SN - 9780226789378 (cloth : alkaline paper) AV - GA205 .A64 2012 U1 - 526.09/01 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Chicago, London PB - The University of Chicago Press KW - Cartography KW - Iraq KW - History KW - Egypt KW - Greece KW - Rome KW - Geography, Ancient KW - Surveying N1 - 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 ER -