Entrée principale:

Goffart, Walter, 1934- author

Titre et auteur:

Historical atlases : the first three hundred years, 1570-1870.

Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, © 2003.
© 2003

Description:

xxiii, 603 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of Illustrations -- Preface -- System of Citation and Abbreviation -- Introduction1. Sixteenth- and Seventeenth- Century Atlases Relevant to History -- 2. The Middle Ages in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Maps -- 3. From 1700, New Departures -- 4. Eighteenth-Century Maps of the Middle Ages -- 5. Historical Atlases Come of Age -- 6. Nineteenth-Century Maps of the Middle Ages -- Conclusion -- Catalogue of Maps and Atlases -- Index of Maps and Atlases -- Index of Secondary Literature Cited in the Notes -- Subject Index

Résumé:

"Beginning in the sixteenth century, and continuing down to the late nineteenth when historical atlases became widely available, Goffart sets out in alternating, paired chapters both milestones in the origins of historical atlases and individual maps illustrating historical scenes. He focuses especially on maps depicting the medieval period, because the development on maps for history hinged particularly on portrayals of this segment of the postclassical, "modern" past. He documents how mapping for history and changing historical understandings of the Middle Ages were closely linked. Goffart concludes the book with a detailed catalogue of historical maps and atlases produced from 1570 to 1870: the catalogue lists more than 700 items from sixty collections around the world, including important, previously unknown maps and atlases that he came across in more than a decade of primary research. Historians of cartography, medievalists, and anyone seriously interested in the role of maps in portraying history will find it invaluable."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN:

0226300714 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780226300719 (hardcover)
9780226300726 (electronicbk)
0226300722 (electronicbk)

Sujet:

Cartography History.
Historical geography Maps.
Cartographie Histoire.
Géographie historique Cartes.
historical maps.
Cartography
Historical geography
Cartografia Història.
Atles Història.

Classification/genre:

Catalogs.
History
Maps
Cartes géographiques.

Vedettes secondaires:

First three hundred years, 1570-1870

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque study room 249833
Cote: G1030 .H3 2003
Statut: Disponible