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Theater of the World, The Maps that Made History, by Thomas Reinertsen Berg ; translated from the Norwegian by Alison McCullough

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Theater of the World, The Maps that Made History, by Thomas Reinertsen Berg ; translated from the Norwegian by Alison McCullough

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Theater of the World

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by Thomas Reinertsen Berg ; translated from the Norwegian by Alison McCullough

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The Maps that Made History

Table Of Contents

Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgements; THE FIRST IMAGES OF THE WORLD; Prehistoric maps, stories of creation, and Sumerian, Babylonian and Egyptian maps.; LIKE FROGS ABOUT A POND; Ptolemy, one of the greatest geographers of his time, and the Greeks' increasing knowledge of the world throughout antiquity.; HOLY GEOGRAPHY; A world made for humans by God, in which the clerics and cartographers of the Middle Ages depict the holy story of creation.; THE FIRST ATLASAbraham Ortelius and Gerardus Mercator map the world's expansion as a result of the Europeans' numerous voyages and the Renaissance thirst for knowledge.VENTURING OUT; A Norwegian map on the move, Dutch nautical charts, the battle for the biggest atlas, and more about Mercator and all he never managed to complete.; THE GREAT SURVEYS; France, Denmark and Norway learn to survey large areas. Kongsvinger gets a prime meridian in 1779, and maps play a role in central government administration.; WHITE SPACES IN THE NORTHThe second Fram expedition sets out in 1898, in the wake of the many others that had previously tried to map the northern regions.AS SEEN FROM ABOVE; The First World War paves the way for aerial surveys, which in turn pave the way for a Norwegian economic map series and the appearance of maps in most areas of society.; BLUE PLANET; About the seven tenths of our planet that are covered by water, and Marie Tharp's attempts to understand what the ocean floor looks like, and why.; THE DIGITAL WORLDSatellites and computers provide and manage vast amounts of information, and give us maps that are able to speak to us.REFERENCES; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; FURTHER READING; NEWSLETTERS

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