Apollo's eye : a cartographic genealogy of the earth in the western imagination / Denis Cosgrove.

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Cosgrove, Denis E.

Title & Author:

Apollo's eye : a cartographic genealogy of the earth in the western imagination / Denis Cosgrove.

Publication:

Description:

xiii, 331 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-317) and index.
Imperial and Poetic Globe -- Classical Globe -- Christian Globe -- Oceanic Globe -- Visionary Globe -- Emblematic Globe -- Enlightened Globe -- Modern Globe -- Virtual Globe.
Also issued online.

Summary:

"In Apollo's Eye, geographer Denis Cosgrove examines the historical implications for the West of conceiving and representing the earth as a globe: a unified, spherical body. Cosgrove traces how ideas of globalism and globalization have shifted historically in relation to changing images of the earth, from antiquity to the Space Age. He connects the evolving image of a unified globe to politically powerful conceptions of human unity." "Cosgrove's analysis traces a pattern of associations between global images and the formation of Western identities, paying tribute to the richly complex cosmographic tradition out of which today's geographical imagination has emerged."--Jacket.

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ISBN:

0801864917 (alk. paper)
9780801864919 (alk. paper)
0801874440
9780801874444
0801875080
9780801875083

Subject:

Geographical perception.
Globes.
Perception géographique.
Globes (Cartographie)
Globes terrestres.
Aarde (planeet)
Kaarten (geografie)
Afbeeldingen (algemeen)
Beeldvorming.
Geographical perception History.
Cartography History.
Globes History.
Géographie Histoire.
Cartographie Histoire.

Form/genre:

globes (cartographic spheres)
Globes.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 217070
Call No.: G71.5 .C6 2001
Status: Available

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