Mapping travel : the origins and conventions of western journey maps /
Drawing on a thousand years of European travel writing and mapmaking, Dym suggests that after centuries of text-based itineraries and on-the spot directions guiding travelers and constituting their reports, maps in the fifteenth century emerged as tools for Europeans to support and report the result...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden, The Netherlands :
Brill,
[2021]
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| Series: | Map history (Brill Academic Publishers)
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3026163 |
Table of Contents:
- Abstract
- Keywords
- Introduction
- Travel Writing and Mapping: Definitions and Sources
- Historiography
- Before the Line: Points and Lists
- Early Journey Maps: From Implicit to Explicit Lines
- Conventions of the Journey Map: Lines, Space and Time
- Journey Maps in the Eighteenth Century: Up and Down the Line
- Journey Maps in the Steam Age: Retracings, Erasure and Colored Lines
- The Leap from the Page to the Screen
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References.