History of cartography : International Symposium of the ICA Commission, 2012 / / Elri Liebenberg, Peter Collier, Zsolt Gyozo Torok, editors

• Pubblicazione: Berlin ; ; Heidelberg, : Springer-Verlag, c2014
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2014.
• Descrizione fisica: ix, 336 p. : col. maps
• Disciplina: 526.09
• Soggetto topico: Cartography - History; Mathematical geography
• Altri autori: LiebenbergE. C CollierPeter TorokZsolt Gyozo
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Redefining Imperial Borders: Marking the Eastern Border of the Habsburg Monarchy in the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century -- Exploring and mapping the Danube: Reading a hydrographical map of Buda and Pest (1833) -- Saxony’s role in the measurement of the Central European Meridian Arc as an international geodetic project since 1862 -- Media-related Aspects of Popularization: The Geographical Serials from the Publishing Houses of Friedrich Justin Bertuch -- Exploring along the Rome Meridian – Roger Boscovich and the First Modern Map of the Papal States -- The Mineral Maps of L. F. Marsigli and the Mystery of a Mine Map -- The long life of a 1:200 000 map of Central Europe and the Balkans -- Villages, Actors of Local Cartography? The Cadastral Maps of the Banat (1772-79) -- The Historical Evolution of Craiova Municipality (Romania) Results from the Analysis of Cartographic Documents -- A Brief History of the Boundary Mapping Between Indonesia and Timor-Leste -- Colonial Powers and Geographic Naming -A Case study of Orchid Island (Lanyu), Taiwan.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume collects 22 papers presented at the 4th International Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography, held at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary, on 28-29 June 2012. The overall conference theme is 'Exploration - Discovery - Cartography', but preference has been given to papers dealing with cartography in the 19th and 20th centuries. The papers are classified according to regional sub-themes, i.e. papers on the Americas, papers on Africa, etc.
• Titolo autorizzato: History of cartography
• ISBN: 3-642-33317-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910298362403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Publications of the International Cartographic Association (ICA), . 2195-1705