Entrée principale:

Nordenskil̲d, A. E. (Adolf Erik), 1832-1901.

Titre et auteur:

Facsimile-atlas to the early history of cartography: with reproductions of the most important maps printed in the XV and XVI centuries [by] A. E. Nordenskil̲d. Translated from the Swedish original by Johan Adolf Ekelf̲ and Clements R. Markham. With a new introd. by J. B. Post.

Publication:

New York: Dover Publications [1973]

Description:

x, 141 pages : 51 plates, maps. ; 41 cm.

Notes:
The geogrpahical atlas of Ptolemy -- Editions of Ptolemy's geography -- Pseuo-editions of Ptolemy: Ptolemy's errors and merits -- Ancient, not Ptolemaic maps -- Extension of Ptolemy's Oikumene towards the north and north-west -- The first maps of the New World, and of the newly discovered parts of Africa and Asia -- Terrestrial globes from the 15th and the first part of the 16th century -- Map-projections -- The end of the early period of cartography, 1520-1550 -- The transition to, and the beginning of the modern period: Jacopo Gastaldi, Philip Apianus, Abraham Ortelius, Gerard Mercator.

ISBN:

0486229645
9780486229645

Sujet:

Early maps Facsimiles.
Cartography History.
Early maps.
Cartes anciennes Fac-similés.
Cartographie Histoire.
Cartes anciennes.
Cartography

Classification/genre:

Facsimiles
History
Early maps.
Cartes anciennes.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque study room atlas 185129
Cote: G1025 (ID:86-B6396)
Statut: Disponible