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The Sovereign Map - Theoretical Approaches in Cartography throughout History (Hardcover, English-language ed)
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The Sovereign Map - Theoretical Approaches in Cartography throughout History (Hardcover, English-language ed)
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A novel work in the history of cartography, "The Sovereign Map"
argues that maps are as much about thinking as seeing, as much
about the art of persuasion as the science of geography. As a
classicist, Christian Jacob brings a fresh eye to his
subject--which includes maps from Greek Antiquity to the twentieth
century--and provides a theoretical approach to investigating the
power of maps to inform, persuade, and inspire the imagination.
Beginning with a historical overview of maps and their
creation--from those traced in the dirt by primitive hands to the
monumental Dutch atlases and ornate maps on Italian palace
walls--Jacob goes on to consider the visual components of
cartography: the decorative periphery, geometric grid,
topographical lines, dots, details of iconographic figures, and
many other aspects. Considering text on maps--titles, toponyms,
legends, and keys--Jacob proposes that writing can both clarify and
interfere with a map's visual presentation. Finally Jacob examines
the role of the viewer in decoding a map's meaning and the role of
society in defining the power of maps as authoritative depictions
of space.
Innovative in its philosophical motivation and its
interdisciplinary approach to looking at and writing about maps,
"The Sovereign Map" is eagerly awaited by scholars from many
different fields.
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