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Mapping the Holy Land
The Foundation of a Scientific Cartography of Palestine
Mapping the Holy Land
The Foundation of a Scientific Cartography of Palestine
Description
Through a detailed study of the work of three of the leading figures of the era - Augustus Petermann, Physical Geographer Royal to Queen Victoria; cartographer Charles Meredith van de Velde, who produced the finest map of the region at the time; and Edward Robinson, founder of modern Palestinology - the authors explore the complex cultural, cartographic and technical processes that shaped and determined the resulting maps of the region. Making full use of newly discovered archival material, and richly illustrated in both colour and black and white, Mapping the Holy Land is essential reading for cartographers, historical geographers, historians of mapmaking, and for all those with an interest in the Holy Land and the history of Palestine.
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
1. Introduction: Mapping the Holy Land
2 Edward Robinson, Eli Smith and the cartography of Berghaus and Kiepert
3. The Land and the Map: C.W.M. van de Velde's Map of the Holy Land
4. August Petermann's Palestine maps
Notes
Archival sources
Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | 28 Feb 2017 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 208 |
| ISBN | 9780857727855 |
| Imprint | I.B. Tauris |
| Illustrations | 22 bw maps, 10 colour maps in 16pp plates |
| Series | Tauris Historical Geographical Series |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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