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Ancient perspectives : maps and their place in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome / edited by Richard J. A. Talbert.

Contributor(s): Talbert, Richard J. A, 1947-Material type: TextTextSeries: The Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., lectures in the history of cartographyPublication details: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012. Description: ix, 264 pages, [4] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 27 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780226789378 (cloth : alkaline paper); 0226789373 (cloth : alkaline paper)Subject(s): Cartography -- Iraq -- History | Cartography -- Egypt -- History | Cartography -- Greece -- History | Cartography -- Rome -- History | Geography, Ancient | Surveying -- HistoryDDC classification: 526.09/01 LOC classification: GA205 | .A64 2012
Contents:
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.
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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.