Early Thematic Mapping in the History of Cartography

1984 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 850
Author(s):  
Sandra Arlinghaus ◽  
Arthur H. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
History Of Cartography ◽  
Thematic Mapping ◽  
History Of

Early Thematic Mapping in the History of Cartography

1983 ◽  
Vol 149 (2) ◽  
pp. 260
Author(s):  
C. Board ◽  
Arthur H. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
History Of Cartography ◽  
Thematic Mapping ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals Putting “Cartography” into the History of Cartography: Arthur H. Robinson, David Woodward, and the Creation of a Discipline

2005 ◽  
pp. 14-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew H. Edney
Keyword(s):  
History Of Cartography ◽  
Thematic Mapping ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Human Documents ◽  
Volume History

Arthur Robinson and David Woodward significantly expanded the scope and nature of the history of cartography. Previously, cartographic historians had emphasized the study of map content. As practicing cartographers, Robinson and Woodward promoted the “internal” study of the history of cartographic techniques and design. Robinson used an historically minded rhetoric to define the proper nature of U.S. academic cartography after 1945 and he pursued important studies in the history of thematic mapping. Woodward pioneered the study of map printing. Moreover, he was crucial in transforming the “internal” approach to cartographic history into a discrete discipline focused on the study of maps as human documents. Woodward’s humanistic perspective ultimately formed the foundation of both the multi-volume History of Cartography and Brian Harley’s cartographic theorizing.

History of cartography

1968 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. A301-A302
Author(s):  
A.A.M.
Keyword(s):  
History Of Cartography ◽  
History Of

The Hydrographic Collections of the British Museum

1956 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 323-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Skelton
Keyword(s):  
High Mortality ◽  
British Museum ◽  
Comparative History ◽  
History Of Cartography ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Navigation

The history of navigation and hydrography, as of other crafts or ‘mechanick arts’, has to be constructed from very imperfect materials. Instruments and charts, as the tools of practical men, were commonly discarded when they were worn out or superseded. The high mortality among original charts makes generalization in the comparative history of cartography hazardous. That no Portuguese charts before 1500 are now known does not allow us to conclude that none was made but only that none has survived. Many of the early charts that have been preserved are decorative examples drawn for royal or other patrons; those by which pilots conned their ships had a smaller expectation of life and are correspondingly rare.

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