The history of cartography refers to the development and consequences of cartography, or mapmaking technology, throughout human history. Maps have been...

Cartography (/kɑːrˈtɒɡrəfi/; from Ancient Greek: χάρτης chartēs, 'papyrus, sheet of paper, map'; and γράφειν graphein, 'write') is the study and practice...

History of cartography), and one who makes maps is called a cartographer. Road maps are perhaps the most widely used maps today, and form a subset of...

The cartography of the United States is the history of surveying and creation of maps of the United States. Maps of the New World had been produced since...

Medieval Islamic geography and cartography refer to the study of geography and cartography in the Muslim world during the Islamic Golden Age (variously...

earliest cartographic depictions of Africa are found in early world maps. In classical antiquity, Africa (also Libya) was assumed to cover the quarter of the...

"Ptolemaic tradition" of geography, which included "Ptolemaic cartographic theory." However, the concepts of geography (such as cartography) date back to the...

Measure: Chinese Maps between Observation and Text". In Harley, J.B.; Woodward, David (eds.). The History of Cartography. University of Chicago Press....

The History of Cartography Project is a publishing project in the Department of Geography at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. It was founded by David...

The cartography of the region of Palestine, also known as cartography of the Holy Land and cartography of the Land of Israel, is the creation, editing...

Chinese cartography began in the 5th century BC during the Warring States period when cartographers started to make maps of the Earth's surface. Its scope...

evidence for recognizable practices of geography, such as cartography, prior to the use of the term. The known world of Ancient Egypt saw the Nile as the...

The cartography of India begins with early charts for navigation and constructional plans for buildings. Indian traditions influenced Tibetan and Islamic...

of determining the longitude of any given place on Earth. The measurement of longitude is important to both cartography and navigation. In particular...

History of cadastre History of cartography History of hydrography History of navigation History of surveying Paris meridian § History NASA/Goddard Space...

ISBN 9789012086431. Liebenberg, Elri; Demhardt, Imre (2012). History of Cartography: International Symposium of the ICA Commission, 2010. Heidelberg: Springer. p...

projection List of map projections Orthographic projection in cartography History of cartography Cartographic expeditions to Greenland History of geography...

representation of all of Europe, including Scandinavia shown as a peninsula. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maps of Europe. History of Cartography Geography...

Critical cartography is a set of mapping practices and methods of analysis grounded in critical theory, specifically the thesis that maps reflect and perpetuate...

The cartography of Asia can refer to the representation of Asia on a map, or to depictions of the world by cartographers from Asia. Depictions of portions...

charts are a significant contribution to the history of cartography because they represent a system of mapping ocean swells, which was never before accomplished...

two of History of Cartography: Cartography in the Traditional East and Southeast Asian Societies (Hartley et al., eds.). Chicago: University of Chicago...

Surviving Instance of Spherical Cartography? Did It Supply the 5000 Stades Arc for Eratosthenes' Experiment?". Archive for History of Exact Sciences. 26...

ISBN 978-0-7735-7256-0. Short, John R. (2003). The World Through Maps: A History of Cartography. University of Maryland. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-55297-811-5. Loren, Diana Dipaolo...

The cartography of Jerusalem is the creation, editing, processing and printing of maps of Jerusalem from ancient times until the rise of modern surveying...

Celestial cartography, uranography, astrography or star cartography[citation needed] is the aspect of astronomy and branch of cartography concerned with...

engineer and cartographer, famous for his work on the history of cartography. Cor Koeman was born as son of Teun Koeman, gardener, and Grietje Ham. He wanted...

The International Cartographic Association (ICA) (French: Association Cartographique Internationale, ACI) is an organization formed of national member organizations...

History of cartography Jambudvīpa, a geographic idea originated in India Johannes Schöner globe, made in 1520 Mappa mundi, medieval European maps of the...

Fantasy cartography, fictional map-making, or geofiction is a type of map design that visually presents an imaginary world or concept, or represents a...