Ancient perspectives maps and their place in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome /

Ancient perspectives maps and their place in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome / [Texte imprimé] : edited by Richard J. A. Talbert - Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012 - 1 vol. (IX-264 p.), 4 p. de pl. : ill., cartes ; 26 cm - The Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., lectures in the history of cartography . - The Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., lectures in the history of cartography (The University of Chicago Press, Chicago) .

The expression of terrestrial and celestial order in ancient Mesopotamia by / Francesca Rochberg -- From topography to cosmos: ancient Egypt's multiple maps / by David O'Connor -- Mapping the world: Greek initiatives from Homer to Eratosthenes / by Georgia L. Irby -- Ptolemy's geography: mapmaking and the scientific enterprise / by Alexander Jones -- Greek and Roman surveying and surveying instruments / by Michael Lewis -- Urbs Roma to orbis romanus: Roman mapping on the grand scale / by Richard J.A. Talbert -- Putting the world in order: mapping in Roman texts / by Benet Salway

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