The new nature of maps. Essays in the history of cartography
Editorial JOHNS HOPKINS U.P.
Espanya peninsular
- Editorial JOHNS HOPKINS U.P.
- ISBN13 9780801870903
- ISBN10 0801870909
- Tipus LLIBRE
- Pàgines 331
- Any Edició 2001
- Idioma Anglès
- Encuadernació Rústica
Matèries
CartografiaThe new nature of maps. Essays in the history of cartography
Editorial JOHNS HOPKINS U.P.
Espanya peninsular
Detalls del llibre
"Focusing on historical examples and the practices of modern cartography, J. B. Harley (1932-1991) offers an alternative to the dominant view that Western cartography since the Renaissance has been a progressive technological, scientific, and objective trajectory of development. This traditional view asserts that maps produce an accurate relational model of terrain and, as such, epitomize representational modernism, which is rooted in the project of the Enlightenment; in sum, maps banish subjectivity from the image. Accordingly, cartographers have promoted a standard scientific model for their discipline, one in which a mirror of nature can be projected through geometry and measurement. Cartographers often mistakenly assess early maps by this modern yardstick, excising from the accepted canon of mapping not only maps from the premodern era but also those from other cultures that do not match Western notions of accuracy."--BOOK JACKET.